Irish Rugby TV: Ireland v Scotland Team Announcement Press Conference

Four of Ireland’s five personnel changes for Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations clash with Scotland are injury-enforced. Head coach Joe Schmidt revealed the team line-up and spoke to the media at Carton House today, joined at the top table by scrum half Conor Murray.

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Commenting on some of the changes for the game in Edinburgh, Schmidt said: “Robbie Henshaw’s unavailable, he’s got a dead leg and it hasn’t recovered sufficiently. But it’s a pretty exciting opportunity to give Chris Farrell the chance to play against Scotland. He stepped in only once last year, got man-of-the-match, and he’s a guy that’s coming back to form after the long lay-off that he’s had.

“Quinn Roux will share the lineout calling, probably with Pete (O’Mahony). There’s a fair bit of experience with Pete but Quinn came on and did it when he replaced Dev (Toner) (last week), and he’s done it for us a lot in training and he’s done it a lot in Connacht this year. It’s a fantastic opportunity for guys to try to transition in as seamlessly as possible.”