Andy Farrell continues to offer auditions to fringe players

Both Stuart McCloskey and Jimmy O'Brien start on Saturday.

BOSS: Ireland head coach Andy Farrell.

Andy Farrell may have the bulk of his starting side figured out less than a year from the World Cup but the Ireland head coach continues to hold the door open for those of a mind to burst through it.

He could just as easily have reintroduced Bundee Aki to the line-up against Australia on Saturday. A long-time lynchpin of the national selection, Aki is available again having been suspended for almost two months.