Eddie O'Sullivan has urged the fringe members of his Ireland squad to show their potential and make life difficult for him and the selectors when choosing their first team. O'Sullivan saw his first-choice players produce a fabulous 18-9 victory over world champions Australia at Lansdowne Road last Saturday. But he wants his other, less experienced players to show off their potential and make future team selections more of a headache.
Nine changes from the team which beat the Wallabies for the clash with Fiji indicate that O'Sullivan wants those players to step up to the plate this Sunday.
He said, "Some of them don't get many opportunities so this game will be a big day for them. Hopefully they will manage to put a bit of pressure on us, the selectors and make us work harder to come to decisions. That, to me, is the ideal situation to be in.
"We always said we had to make the best use of these three autumn internationals. We want to give our fringe players some game time, give them a bit of experience and see how they go."
Filed by Johnny Proby
