Hmmm, is it a fitness thing that Zebos on the bench? Provided fitness is not an issue I would've chosen him over Earls - I like Earls, but recently Zebo has impressed me a lot more. Overall, pretty solid selection, nothing out of the ordinary. I'm glad to see RR as opposed to Olding or Marshall, even though I know they have experience with PJ - I just think Ringrose is better, despite his inexperience at international level and playing out of position... (though that I said I haven't watched enough Ulster rugby in a good while)
I honestly can't wait to see the combined strength of SOB, Stander and Heaslip, hopefully early injuries won't be an issue this time. It'll be a force to be reckoned with. Then VDF comes in 50-60 mins in... excellent.
What type of game plan does everyone see Schmidt executing? How can we beat this Ozzie side?
Also, would've been nice to TOH get a bit of game time, but I guess this match is relatively important if we want to cap this as a good year so perhaps not worth the risk, if things are on a knife edge in the last quarter. Hopefully he gets some minutes in against Italy/Scotland
