Hugo Keenan (middle) is on the way back from injury

Hugo Keenan (middle) is on the way back from injury

1 – After a difficult November, do you expect Andy Farrell to make many changes to his Six Nations squad when he names it on January 21?

Rúaidhrí O’Connor: He’ll have to given the recent spate of injuries, but even if there wasn’t so many absentees there’d still be cause to shake things up given how stale Ireland have been in the last year. Farrell has always trusted his loyal servants, but a little fresh blood wouldn’t go astray.