With Sean O’Brien now in London and Rory Best hanging up his boots last year, there are now just two farmers named in Andy Farrell’s Ireland match day squad to play Wales on Saturday.

Tadhg Furlong and CJ Stander, both from dairy farms, are the two carrying the flag for farmers.

In the past John Ryan, also of dairying stock, the two Kearney brothers and Will Addision made the grade.