Conor Murray and Peter O’Mahony are two of the leaders Ireland have lost to retirement. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile
The back seat of the Ireland team bus will look and feel very different as it winds its way around the streets of Chicago this week.
For so long, Peter O’Mahony, Conor Murray and Cian Healy ruled the roost down the back, until recently they had Keith Earls and Johnny Sexton for company.