Simon Easterby focused on Ireland amid Wales speculation

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Simon Easterby insists he is committed to Ireland in response to reports he is a contender to take over from departed Wales boss Warren Gatland. “For me, it’s all guns blazing towards Cardiff on Saturday and making sure that me and the other coaches prepare the team.” Easterby has made seven changes in personnel for Saturday’s round three showdown, with Dan Sheehan taking over as captain from knee injury victim Caelan Doris. The 26-year-old earns his first Test start since tearing an ACL during last summer’s tour of South Africa, having proved his fitness with influential cameos off the bench against England and Scotland. Uncapped Leinster prop Jack Boyle, 22, is in line for his international debut from a bench also containing Connacht forward Cian Prendergast, the elder brother of Ireland fly-half Sam Prendergast.