All eyes on Carbery as Ireland train their eyes on Fijian dangers

In spite of Vern Cotter's verbal grenades, Andy Farrell's men are taking the islanders seriously as opportunity knocks for many

ELEVEN INTO TEN: Joey Carbery during the Ireland Rugby captain's run at Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Ireland bridged one five-year wait when facing South Africa last week. Another gets forded against Fiji today but little else connects the two. The Boks was all about the collective and, if the result remains the bottom line here, then the raft of individual auditions being held carries a relevance far beyond the norm.

The electric energy of last week won’t hold here either.