Loughman and Milne tipped to deliver for Ireland

Mike Prendergast has no doubt both props will step up if required by Andy Farrell.

STEP UP: Michael Milne, right, and Jeremy Loughman during the Ireland team assembly day at the IRFU High Performance Centre in Dublin. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Munster senior coach Mike Prendergast has tipped his loosehead forwards Jeremy Loughman and Michael Milne to deliver if they face the French in next week’s Six Nations opener in Paris.

The weekend injury to Jack Boyle has pushed the Munster duo into the frontline with Connacht’s uncapped 20-year-old Billy Bohan the only other loosehead in the squad.