Luke Fitzgerald, Will Slattery and Jonathan Bradley look back on a dramatic opening weekend of World Cup action on the latest episode of The Left Wing.

From the blockbuster curtain raiser between France and New Zealand to Wales' win over Fiji on Sunday night, the first round of matches delivered plenty of talking points.

The lads discuss Ireland's opening win over Romania as well as what team Andy Farrell should select for Saturday's game against Tonga.

Should Johnny Sexton start for the second weekend in a row? 

Thoughts also turn to whether Ireland should go with their own 'bomb squad' bench against South Africa.

England's win over Argentina and the weekend's refereeing mistakes were up for discussion too.

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