Ireland Team Talk XII: Farrell's First Fifteen

Just a point, do guys not value the team camaraderie of having one of the most liked players in the squad breaking the Irish 6 Nations record for caps?
Cian Healy will overtake O'Driscoll and I think the entire squad will get a lift from that.
A lot of sport is mental, it's also a team sport, I think this factors into it as well.

I don't think POM should be starting, Conan deserves the opportunity after what he did last week. I think he's still a good bench option, POM that is.

SP needs a performance or he'll lose his spot. I can't believe Sheehan isn't starting.

Finally Henshaw gets the start this week despite his awful missed tackle. What did Ringrose do wrong last week?

Could look at this year's fixtures like this:
2-match block, plan from the outset was for almost no changes; a couple of switches between the starting 15 (Ringrose, Baird) and the bench (Henshaw) and one extremely experienced player (O'Mahony) comes into the starting 15 from the wider squad to replace one of our most experienced players (Henderson) who was on the bench.

3rd round, Wales away, it probably will be the easiest match on paper, they are at an all-time low, and the squad have a week off before and after. Expecting to target that match for minimal changes, reasoning might be to blood in a player or two, possibly start a player that benched, or to cap from the bench a prospect.
Boyle, Sheehan, Clarkson, (Rotate the front row, and bring in Boyle for a start)
Ryan, Beirne, (no change, need a solid base to hold the changes together)
Conan, Doris, Van der Flier. (Conan and Doris could swap 6/8, but Conan definitely worth a start)
Murray, Crowley, (Rotate the half-backs)
Lowe, Henshaw, Ringrose, Nash, (Rest Aki and Hansen)
Keenan.
Bench: Kelleher, Porter, Bealham/Furlong (if fit), Baird, Izuckukwu/ Cian Prendergast, Gibson-Park, Sam Prendergast, Osborne.

Rounds 4 and 5 back to a 2-match block, select the best possible team to beat France, and then Italy away on the last round only make changes if required, maybe a couple of changes between bench and starting 15 to freshen it up.

Hopefully no injuries but very rarely there aren't some kind of casualties along the way.

Well I wasn't clamouring for Crowley. I said he played better but neither were that good. I fully expected SP to start this week but I do think he's under pressure to put in a good performance in this game.

JGP and Beirne both had great games so one missed tackle doesn't get them benched.

Anyway the question I asked was how Ringrose gets benched based on his performance vs Henshaw's.

You may be right but right, it's a very reasonable assumption, but if it was me I'd be pissed after playing well in the previous game.