About: http://data.cimple.eu/news-article/f02e96d81b3dadd07fca0051aded0c4e4dfc879d3c2f0acde292cd7b     Goto   Sponge   NotDistinct   Permalink

An Entity of Type : schema:NewsArticle, within Data Space : data.cimple.eu associated with source document(s)

AttributesValues
rdf:type
schema:articleBody
  • Ireland captain Johnny Sexton returns to partner Conor Murray at half-back as head coach Andy Farrell hopes to end a difficult first year in charge with a morale-boosting win over Scotland on Saturday. The Irish host the Scots in their Autumn Nations Cup third/fourth place play-off with Farrell's results this year termed 'an average return' by David Nucifora, the IRFU performance director. Farrell has recalled several stalwarts to the side as he bids to at least end 2020 by preserving his 100% record at home, including a 19-12 win over the Scots in the Six Nations. Sexton returns after recovering from a hamstring strain which saw him miss the 18-7 loss to England and the scrappy 23-10 win over Georgia last Sunday. The 35-year-old fly-half will team up with Murray for the 64th time -- including two Tests for the British & Irish Lions -- the latter having got over a dead leg he suffered in the Georgian game. Sexton and Murray's long history together contrasts to that of Scotland's half-back pairing which sees Jaco van der Walt make his debut at fly-half, partnering Ali Price. Farrell lines up experienced former Connacht team-mates Bundee Aki and Robbie Henshaw in the centres, replacing Chris Farrell and Stuart McCloskey. Flanker Peter O'Mahony and fellow veteran, prop Cian Healy, also return to the starting line-up. Farrell has used 34 players across the tournament as he seeks to find a core group to take into the Six Nations next year. There seems certain to be a 35th with Ulster prop Eric O'Sullivan being called up to the replacement bench. New Zealand-born scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park and his Leinster team-mate Ross Byrne provide back-up for Murray and Sexton on the bench. Whilst Gibson-Park has been one of Ireland's success stories of the tournament Byrne has a point to prove after poor performances against England and Georgia, when he came on in the second-half for the injured Billy Burns. Team (15-1) Jacob Stockdale; Hugo Keenan, Bundee Aki, Robbie Henshaw Keith Earls; Johnny Sexton (capt), Conor Murray; Caelan Doris, Peter O'Mahony, CJ Stander; James Ryan, Iain Henderson; Andrew Porter, Rob Herring, Cian Healy Replacements: Ronan Kelleher, Eric O'Sullivan, John Ryan, Quinn Roux, Josh van der Flier, Jamison Gibson-Park, Ross Byrne, Chris Farrell Coach: Andy Farrell (ENG) pi/lp
schema:headline
  • Farrell calls up Irish old guard in bid to end year on a high
schema:mentions
schema:author
schema:datePublished
http://data.cimple...sPoliticalLeaning
http://data.cimple...logy#hasSentiment
http://data.cimple...readability_score
http://data.cimple...tology#hasEmotion
Faceted Search & Find service v1.16.115 as of Oct 09 2023


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:   [cxml] [csv]     RDF   [text] [turtle] [ld+json] [rdf+json] [rdf+xml]     ODATA   [atom+xml] [odata+json]     Microdata   [microdata+json] [html]    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3238 as of Jul 16 2024, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-musl), Single-Server Edition (126 GB total memory, 3 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2025 OpenLink Software