Andy Farrell set to reveal 45-man preliminary RWC panel

PANEL: Ireland head coach Andy Farrell. File pic: PA

A penny for Andy Farrell’s thoughts on Saturday as any number of Munster players, some of them rarely seen in green jerseys, made everyone sit up and take notice as the province claimed the BKT URC title in the Stormers’ back yard.

The Ireland coach is set to reveal a preliminary 45-man World Cup panel on Tuesday and it goes without saying that he and his coaching staff would have had the vast majority of the names pencilled in before the game unfolded in Cape Town.