Jamie Osborne has been handed a shock debut at fullback as Andy Farrell named the Ireland team to face the Springboks.

Ruaidhri O'Connor joins Will Slattery on The Left Wing podcast to discuss the stern test the Naas youngster will face in Pretoria.

Craig Casey starts at scrum-half ahead of Conor Murray while Farrell has opted for a 5/3 bench split with Garry Ringrose wearing the number 23 jersey.

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