Tag: position battles

Ireland's backrow has featured intense competition between players like Peter O'Mahony, Sean O'Brien, and CJ Stander at blindside flanker, with openside flanker roles contested by David Wallace, Jamie Heaslip, and more recently Josh van der Flier and Dan Sheehan. Number 8 positions have been dominated by figures such as Cian Healy, Sergio Parisse, and currently…