Given Ireland's plain sailing to round three, and the woes of Wales, there are calls to make Saturday's Guinness Six Nations trip to Cardiff the rotation game.
But the Ireland management, under the guidance of Simon Easterby, are cold and calculating, and as much as Andy Farrell created that family atmosphere in camp, there's unlikely to be sweeping changes to keep everyone happy.
The clinical way Ireland went about their work in Murrayfield was something to behold.
They refused to become embroiled in a contest, ignoring pre-match hype about Scotland being due a win, getting on the front foot early, playing what was in front of them and running out comfortable victors.
Scotland were expected to give the Six Nations champions a game, while Wales, who parted ways with head coach Warren Gatland last week, simply aren't in the same class.
And this Ireland team don't look built to give a sucker an even break.
Minor repairs around the edges is all Ireland need this weekend and while Easterby may make changes, they are more likely to be enforced or for a definite purpose.
The former reason may see captain Caelan Doris sit out with a knee injury, with Jack Conan a straight replacement. Such is Conan's form, Ireland would lose little in this switch.
However, if Doris is fit, he will have no intention of swapping out and breaking a remarkable run of 42 consecutive internationals.
Rónan Kelleher's name appeared in a medical bulletin yesterday with the hooker nursing a neck injury. When the next man in is Dan Sheehan, for most people the number one pick when both are fit, there's again nothing to be lost.
The props, Andrew Porter and Finlay Bealham, are the starting point of a solid scrum, while Thomas Clarkson is earning valuable game time off the bench.
Given replacement loosehead Cian Healy has been a late sub in both games to date, he could give way to Jack Boyle with Porter's ability to do a 70-minute shift lessening the risk there.
Joe McCarthy is on course to recover after his concussion, picked up in a nasty training ground collision before the win over England, and could come in.
But for whom? Tadhg Beirne is indispensable and his best position is in the second row, allowing him to focus on disruption, a massive weapon in the Irish arsenal.
James Ryan, who has gone quietly but violently about his business as a second row workhorse, has done nothing to justify deselection.
As well as Peter O'Mahony did in Scotland, starting Ryan Baird will be tempting.
The Leinster back row is the future and a big game here could be just what he needs to kickstart what has been a stop-start international career.
Scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park is the heartbeat of the team, the link between the forwards and the backs, and Ireland are just not the same without him.
Could Sam Prendergast, player of the match against Scotland, make way for Jack Crowley?
It could be done but it would have to be justified: "Crowley is a better fit to start at out-half against Wales because..."
There is perhaps another angle here and in a squad where the word 'dropped' is forbidden, there may have been an understanding that the Munster man would get a start in this fixture if they reached this juncture with 10 points in the bag.
If he does it won’t be to keep people on social media happy, but rather a chance to put his hand up to start against France in round four.
Mack Hansen's return in place of Calvin Nash might seem harsh but the Australian native has always been picked when fit, while James Lowe is made for these games.
Jamie Osborne stood in for Hugo Keenan for the two Tests last summer in South Africa when the first-choice full-back went for Olympic glory in Paris.
The 23-year-old was a surprise pick by Farrell but didn't look out of place against the double world champions, winning his first and second Test caps in the most hostile of environments.
He deserves a Six Nations debut, and will get one at some stage, but Keenan has returned to top form and there's no reason to rest him.
As much as three can't fit into two neatly, the centre equation has been working out well for the last few seasons and is the definition of rotation as far as this squad is concerned.
Bundee Aki has started both games and played 116 minutes this campaign, while Robbie Henshaw (115 minutes) and Garry Ringrose (103 minutes) have both started once and come on as replacements once.
Any combination will suffice.
If there had been some criticism about the wins over England and Scotland, it was that both opponents scored the last tries, three in total, in the games.
Killer teams, like New Zealand for example, would have put the foot down and racked up 40.
One would hope that’s what Easterby has the team primed for.
Ireland scored 27 points here in 2023 inside the opening 27 minutes and the game was over before Wales realised what hit them, but they only scored seven more in the remaining 53 minutes.
It’s a template that could prove useful.
As much as there can be no room for complacency, there should be no room for mercy either. Wales, on a record losing streak of 14 Tests, have to be respected first and then taken apart.
Possible Ireland team: Hugo Keenan; Mack Hansen, Garry Ringrose, Robbie Henshaw, James Lowe; Sam Prendergast, Jamison Gibson-Park; Andrew Porter, Dan Sheehan, Finlay Bealham; James Ryan, Tadhg Beirne; Ryan Baird, Josh van der Flier, Jack Conan.
Replacements: Gus McCarthy, Jack Boyle, Thomas Clarkson, Joe McCarthy, Peter O'Mahony, Conor Murray, Jack Crowley, Bundee Aki.
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