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18th November 2019
09:44am GMT
In our Champions Cup Team of the Weekend - selecting from the four provinces and Irish lads playing abroad - there are 11 Ireland players included and seven that were in World Cup action over in Japan.
Munster, who secured their bonus point try in the last play of an impressive win against Ospreys, have five representatives with Jeremy Loughman, Peter O'Mahony (three turnovers won) and CJ Stander (18 tackles, 23 carries) in the pack. Mike Haley and the on fire Andrew Conway are in the back three with Kyle Godwin, of Connacht, who edges out another Munster try-scorer, Keith Earls.
Ulster have four representatives. Marty Moore had a fine game in the front row against Bath while Iain Henderson led from the front in a tight 17-16 victory. Stuart McCloskey is our inside centre while the excellent John Cooney - scorer of a great second half try - is scrumhalf.
Connacht's two other inclusions, along with Godwin, are hooker Tom McCartney (one try, 12 tackles, two turnovers) and indefatigable openside Colby Fainga'a.
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Rounding out our XV are three men that will be crucial to Leinster if they want to finish this season with a fifth star sewn onto their club merchandise. Johnny Sexton scored a try and set up another, Garry Ringrose scored a hat-trick with close-in tries that defined the second half of Brian O'Driscoll's career, and James Ryan put in another big performance (19 tackles, 12 carries, two turnovers won).
15. Mike Haley (Munster) 14. Andrew Conway (Munster) 13. Garry Ringrose (Leinster) 12. Stuart McCloskey (Ulster) 11. Kyle Godwin (Connacht) 10. Johnny Sexton (Leinster) 9. John Cooney (Ulster) 1. Jeremy Loughman (Munster) 2. Tom McCartney (Connacht) 3. Marty Moore (Ulster) 4. James Ryan (Leinster) 5. Iain Henderson (Ulster) 6. Peter O'Mahony (Munster) 7. Colby Fainga'a (Connacht) 8. CJ Stander (Munster)
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