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"I'd like to see some fresh 9 and 10s. We rely heavily on Sexton and Murray. I know I've beat the drum heavily on this but I'd like to see Marmion play a good bit more and for Carbery to play a bit more 10. He's not playing enough there for Leinster, purely from an Irish perspective. "The rest of the young lads are getting enough game-time across the backline but not 9 and 10."When the point was brought up that Ireland, sans Sexton and Murray, may not win a three-Test series against Australia, Downey did not agree. He feels Ireland are now good enough, and confident enough, to rest up their star half-backs and still claim a series win Down Under.
"The Aussies aren't great and we have to give the credit, to Ireland, where it us due. We have to change the mind-set. We're the second best team in the world and we have to go over there against an Australian team [placed fifth in the rankings] and expect to beat them. "They've done nothing really. There's the Cheika factor but we should be better and we should be beating them down there."

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