O'Sullivan ready to experiment

Ireland boss Eddie O'Sullivan is ready to experiment against the Pacific Islanders but insists Lansdowne Road must be given a victorious send-off.

O'Sullivan will name his side on Wednesday and has left little doubt they will be expected to complete a clean sweep of victories from the autumn series - to honour Lansdowne Road, which will be hosting its final rugby international before beginning a massive redevelopment in January.

"There will be some changes. Other than Marcus Horan we have a clean bill of health. We'll pick the 22 from the 32 that we have at the moment," he said. "There is a good bit of elbow room now after winning the first two games and we'll look at doing things differently against the Islanders."

He added: "But I still want to win. I don't want to throw away the last Test at Lansdowne Road before the wrecking crew move in, so we want to leave on a good note.

"We have a lot of good stuff in the bank from the last two weeks and we have to analyse it and move.

"I'm happy we've produced two very good performances against different teams in different conditions. We have set a standard for ourselves.

"It's the chicken-and-egg scenario - winning gives you confidence and confidence helps you win.

"It's working well for us at the moment so we need to take it and move onto next week."