Ulster's men can be at the heart of Ireland's green machine

It had hardly been a well-kept secret that Joe Schmidt was going to try out a wholly new-look midfield for the first game up in the three Test autumn series, but the Ireland coach still found himself defending his decision to throw Jared Payne in at outside centre for his debut cap with three-capper, and rival for Brian O'Driscoll's former shirt number, Robbie Henshaw at inside centre.