Caelan Doris is predicted to guide Eire towards New Zealand in Chicago on Saturday after being confirmed as match for the Soldier Subject fixture.
Doris underwent shoulder surgical procedure after Leinster’s Champions Cup semi-final loss to Northampton on Might 3 and has not performed since, however was among the many 36 gamers who skilled on the SeatGeek Stadium in Chicago on Tuesday afternoon, giving Andy Farrell a full-strength squad bar the lack of Mark Hansen.
Talking to reporters in Chicago, forwards coach Paul O’Connell mentioned: “Everyone’s training and everyone’s ready to go.
“(Doris) has been via an excellent return to play interval now and he is had an excellent few weeks,” he added. “There’s been little or no minding of him, or something like that, or there hasn’t been any.
“There’s one train of thought that says you start a guy like that because he could come on after a minute anyway, and there’s another train of thought that says you bring him off the bench. He’s fine, he’s trained really well, he feels really good, he’s shown no ill-effects whatsoever.”
Farrell is because of title his group on Thursday and will probably be conscious that the All Blacks, who completed second within the Rugby Championship on factors distinction behind South Africa, have the benefit of match health over his facet.
“It’s definitely a challenge and that’s why we’re over a little bit early,” O’Connell added. “It allowed us to recover from the jet lag or recover from many of the jet lag and have two superb, quick coaching periods with an excellent little bit of contact in them and get lads on top of things.
“It’s certainly a challenge but I suppose the sessions we’ve put in are designed to help the guys on that journey.”
Eire’s Autumn Nations Sequence schedule
November 1
Eire vs New Zealand – Soldier Subject, Chicago (8pm GMT)
November 8
Eire vs Japan – Aviva Stadium (12.40pm)
November 15
Eire vs Australia – Aviva Stadium (8.10pm)
November 22
Eire vs South Africa – Aviva Stadium (5.40pm)
