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๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐-๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐งโ๏ธ
Seven changes to today's team - big calls at tighthead, openside and 10 โ๏ธ
Full story ๐ dirttrackersrugby.substack.cโฆ
Pat McCarry retweeted
"I've done a few positions, yeah. I've done hooker, No.8, bit of inside centre. The odd time, I've done wing, in games, when we've had a 6:2 split and someone might have gone down injured." ๐ฃ
Scott Penny on the need to be versatile in the modern game
๐ฅ @leinsterrugby
Pat McCarry retweeted
"One person that hasn't had much of a mention, so far, and who had an excellent pre-season is Daniel Ryan. He was a stand-out for the Ireland U20s. He's someone I want to give experience to."
Stu Lancaster very excited about Ryan, who was included in that @IrishRugby XV squad โ๏ธ
'South Africa are the benchmark of where youโre at, as a team. All teams around world rugby see how they are when they go up against them. I love that challenge' ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Took a @RugbyPass trip to Ireland's High Performance Camp. Spoke to Big Joe & Big James โ๏ธ
rugbypass.com/plus/joe-mccarโฆ
"One person that hasn't had much of a mention, so far, and who had an excellent pre-season is Daniel Ryan. He was a stand-out for the Ireland U20s. He's someone I want to give experience to."
Stu Lancaster very excited about Ryan, who was included in that @IrishRugby XV squad โ๏ธ
After Tadhg Furlong was cleared of not having broken Law 9.27, regarding sportsmanship, during Leinster's game against Munster, the southern province stated 'Gavin Coombes continues to have the full backing of the club' ๐ด
Fairly strong statement from Avan Lee, too โฌ๏ธ
Pat McCarry retweeted
โAs a forward pack, weโre trying to really nail down that set-piece dominance. Fogs and Paulie are all over that. I feel very positive about the team. I think our set-piece is going to become a real weapon.โ
Latest from Ireland camp for @RugbyPass โ๏ธ โฌ๏ธ
rugbypass.com/plus/joe-mccarโฆ
Brothers Edwin and Seรกn Edogbo have both been named in the Ireland XV squad to play Fiji 'A' in Cork, next month ๐
Ireland will be captained by Leinster's Gus McCarthy. The squad, led by Mark Sexton, contains some familiar faces along with some newcomers ๐
"I've done a few positions, yeah. I've done hooker, No.8, bit of inside centre. The odd time, I've done wing, in games, when we've had a 6:2 split and someone might have gone down injured." ๐ฃ
Scott Penny on the need to be versatile in the modern game
๐ฅ @leinsterrugby
Pat McCarry retweeted
"Mum was very proud. Dad, he didn't know how to take it, at the start. He said, 'Will you ever be home to the farm again?'" ๐๐
@UlsterRugby forward James McNabney on learning of his @IrishRugby call-up and his parents' reaction ๐
โAs a forward pack, weโre trying to really nail down that set-piece dominance. Fogs and Paulie are all over that. I feel very positive about the team. I think our set-piece is going to become a real weapon.โ
Latest from Ireland camp for @RugbyPass โ๏ธ โฌ๏ธ
rugbypass.com/plus/joe-mccarโฆ
Former Leinster winger Rob Russell (always rated the guy - unlucky to get cut) goes straight into Munsterโs team for the weekend. Godspeed, sir ๐
Gordon Wood gets a centre start, with Alex Nankivell for company ๐ด
Pat McCarry retweeted
The unfortunate injury to Garry Ringrose has nudged Ireland a step closer to my preferred backline โ๏ธ
๐๐ฎ โ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ, ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ... ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉโ ๐๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐๐จ
Full story โก๏ธ tinyurl.com/DirtTrackers
The unfortunate injury to Garry Ringrose has nudged Ireland a step closer to my preferred backline โ๏ธ
๐๐ฎ โ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ, ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ... ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉโ ๐๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐๐จ
Full story โก๏ธ tinyurl.com/DirtTrackers
Pat McCarry retweeted
"It's an amazing country with a very rich historical background."
"We've come here with a very clear ambition of two Test wins. That's always at the forefront of our minds. So, when we're on, we're on, and when we're off, we're off. I think that's a healthy balance." โ๏ธ๐ฟ๐ฆ
"Mum was very proud. Dad, he didn't know how to take it, at the start. He said, 'Will you ever be home to the farm again?'" ๐๐
@UlsterRugby forward James McNabney on learning of his @IrishRugby call-up and his parents' reaction ๐
Pat McCarry retweeted
โJames is a big horse of a man. He has that big, farmer strength. I think heโs is a farmer!โ ๐
Joe McCarthy on having Ulsterโs James McNabney in the Ireland squad, and praise for the forward after he battled back from a bad ACL injury
โJames is a big horse of a man. He has that big, farmer strength. I think heโs is a farmer!โ ๐
Joe McCarthy on having Ulsterโs James McNabney in the Ireland squad, and praise for the forward after he battled back from a bad ACL injury
