Rúaidhrí O’Connor: Jamie Osborne is Andy Farrell’s boldest call yet – but coach has proven himself to be a shrewd selector
Ireland's newest full-back Jamie Osborne, left, seen training with regular No 15 Hugo Keenan last year. Photo: Sportsfile
Andy Farrell is in the job five years now and he’s picked Ireland teams for 48 Test matches across five Six Nations games, a series win in New Zealand and a World Cup as well as two games against the Maori All Blacks and one against an All Black XV.
In all of that time, he’s never made a braver selection call than picking Jamie Osborne to play at full-back against the world champions at Loftus Versfeld tomorrow.
