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KIERAN MARMION IS happy to downplay the pressure he is putting on Conor Murray.
The Munster, Ireland and Lions scrum-half’s slight groin issue last week resulted in a last-minute call to camp for Marmion.
He would have preferred to play for Connacht that weekend than not, but after a quick chat with Pat Lam he hopped into his car and drove to Monaghan in time to get some sleep ahead of training the following day.
This week though, a fit Murray is naturally an automatic first-choice to start in Ireland’s number nine jersey again. The Welsh-born Connacht star is philosophical about his place in the pecking order. After all, there are few who could contend with the Munster man when he hits top form.
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“Obviously I want to challenge him,” Marmion said in Carton House yesterday, “but at the moment I think he’s probably the best in the world.”
“Joe is always driving on to me about the basics of the game.
“I mean, when you step up to the Irish standard, players have a lot less time on the ball so it’s just about making sure everyone’s as sharp as possible.”
“You just have to work away at it. It’s repetition. Obviously he’s a lot bigger than me so he gets the leverage in his passing and his kicking, so I just have to be sharper and try and get my release on the ball quicker, and try and make sure the lads outside me have more time.”
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There is no point in any side denying the lay of the land at scrum-half these days. Skills coach Richie Murphy, representing the management ticket yesterday, pointed to Marmion’s running threat as a useful weapon for the latter stages of matches. But in Murray, they have a ‘classic’ operator who they can build the attack around.
“They’re very different types of scrum-halves. I think (Marmion) has still got a way to go in terms of how we try to play,” says Murphy.
“Kieran is a really good running scrum-half, a really big threat later on in the games. Where we’re seeing him at the moment is that he could cause a lot of trouble when teams are starting to fatigue.
“Conor is probably a little more classic. He kicks well, passes well, he understands the game, he deals with the pressure very well and I still think he has a fair bit of an edge in relation to his passing and kicking game over Kieran at the moment.”
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ONE THING WE can be certain of before tonight’s game in Cardiff is that Ireland and Wales are going to limp off the pitch.
Test rugby is no place for those who cannot stand up to huge physical tolls, but this contest has moved up a gear in recent times.
Tommy O’Donnell lifts Peter O’Mahony during yesterday’s captain’s run. Source: Billy Stickland/INPHO
In 2015, at what was then the Millennium Stadium, Joe Schmidt’s side battered and battered the Welsh defence, forcing them to make an eye-watering 250 tackles but ultimately leaving with their tails between their legs before recovering to win the championship.
Last year in Dublin, the ball-in-play time was a deeply fatiguing 42 minutes and 53 seconds, more than three minutes greater than the next highest time in the championship.
Two different types of games, both pushing the players close to their physical limits.
In front of a boozed-up and demanding crowd in the renamed Principality Stadium tonight [KO 8.05pm], it would be a major surprise if this contest didn’t provide something similar.
Wales are fighting to salvage pride after consecutive defeats to England and Scotland, while Ireland are still in the hunt for a Six Nations title, this game essentially serving as a semi-final.
In the sweaty atmosphere a closed roof in Cardiff ensures, the pressure is very real.
“Within the next 36 hours, we will find out a lot,” said Ireland captain Rory Best yesterday. “To come to a place like this and perform in an intense atmosphere will be a big statement of where we are.
“And a big statement of where the squad is, because it is going to take a 23-man effort.
“The last quarter of the game, you would imagine, is going to be finely balanced and it is going to take the bench coming on that is going to be a mark of where this Irish squad is.
Brendan Guinan, Alan Ryan, Declan Doogan, Paul Hensey and James Hibbitts from Offaly in Cardiff. Source: James Crombie/INPHO
“Whatever about November – bar the Chicago game – and then the France game [two weekends ago], they were all at home.
“If you look at results historically, it is perceived to be easier to play at home. This will be a big statement of where we are as a squad and how mentally tough we are.”
The two most recent ties against Wales have taught Ireland harsh lessons. In 2015, a dire start saw them give up 12 cheap points and face a major uphill battle before they had even got going.
“It takes a monumental effort to switch that momentum, so that is a big lesson for us – the easiest way to have to switch momentum is for you to get momentum at the start,” said Best. “The easiest time to get momentum on your side is at the start of the game.”
But last year, however, Ireland were 13-0 up on the Welsh after 28 minutes in Dublin and managed to allow the visitors back into the game to secure a 16-16 draw.
“We were not mentally as strong as we needed to be,” said Best. “That was the big lesson – in that you have to keep going.”
The point, really, is that there is no perfect formula here. There are many ways to win and lose a game of rugby, although the low Welsh confidence would strongly suggest that a big start from Ireland this evening can go a long way towards ensuring victory.
The Welsh are wounded, but there is danger in that for Ireland too. Interestingly, Rob Howley and his coaching staff have stuck with exactly the same matchday 23 that lost to Scotland last time out, keen for their players to reward the faith that has been shown.
“That’s the effect we’re hoping for,” said assistant coach Robin McBryde, “that they feel a bit galvanised by the fact that they get to go again and step up their performance.
Ireland understand the ferocity of the challenge that awaits. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO
“Because there’s no changes there, there’s no excuses really and we’ve shown faith in them, as coaches, that we feel there’s a lot more to come from our group of players and they’re deserving of their opportunity and this is their shot at it.”
Ireland’s unchanged selection was rather less surprising, although the inclusion of Tommy Bowe as the 23rd man did raise an eyebrow or two.
Schmidt is convinced the Ulsterman’s aerial strength can play an important part off the bench, and it would be something of a fairytale for Bowe to make an impact late on as Ireland look to secure the win that would set up a championship decider against England on the final weekend of the championship.
As ever, Ireland will be superbly prepared and are almost certain to come onto the pitch with an intelligent Schmidt game plan, but the key on this occasion may well be in combining the clinical technical execution with a passionate dose of pure aggression.
“It’s a really fine balancing act,” said Best. “You don’t want to be too much over the top so you actually can’t function. If you’re too emotional, you can’t focus on your set-piece or your core skills in the game but, at the same time, in the first half against Scotland, we weren’t where we needed to be.
“We were so focused on being at that ruck at the right time we forgot to make an impact at that ruck, for example. Look, it’s a balancing act and the bigger the games are, you need to tune into the whole emotional side of it, but at the same time you’ve got to be careful to do it too much because everyone knows it’s a big game.
“Because it’s the next game in the championship, because of where we’re playing and how tough it’s going to be. We know that we need to start well because Wales are going to come out of the traps hard at us.
“From that side of things, it’s been a little bit about making sure we control our emotions and that we’re smart and disciplined but, at the same time, we can’t be outdone like we were against Scotland.”
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Prediction: Ireland win by six points.
Wales:
15. Leigh Halfpenny
14. George North
13. Jonathan Davies
12. Scott Williams
11. Liam Williams
10. Dan Biggar
9. Rhys Webb
1. Rob Evans
2. Ken Owens
3. Tomas Francis
4. Jake Ball
5. Alun Wyn Jones (captain)
6. Sam Warburton
7. Justin Tipuric
8. Ross Moriarty
Replacements:
16. Scott Baldwin
17. Nicky Smith
18. Samson Lee
19. Luke Charteris
20. Taulupe Faletau
21. Gareth Davies
22. Sam Davies
23. Jamie Roberts
Ireland:
15. Rob Kearney
14. Keith Earls
13. Garry Ringrose
12. Robbie Henshaw
11. Simon Zebo
10. Johnny Sexton
9. Conor Murray
1. Jack McGrath
2. Rory Best (captain)
3. Tadhg Furlong
4. Donnacha Ryan
5. Devin Toner
6. CJ Stander
7. Sean O’Brien
8. Jamie Heaslip
Replacements:
16. Niall Scannell
17. Cian Healy
18. John Ryan
19. Iain Henderson
20. Peter O’Mahony
21. Kieran Marmion
22. Paddy Jackson
23. Tommy Bowe
Referee: Wayne Barnes [RFU].
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THE END OF the Six Nations brings a change of national team focus for most sports fans, along with that big stadium on Lansdowne Road.
Cian Healy is definitely not normally a fan of the other style of football played in the Aviva Stadium. However, when it comes to the national team, he’s happy to while away 90 minutes watching the Boys in Green.
It’s in his blood after all, legendary bagman Charlie O’Leary is Healy’s uncle. And, now and then, he’s been known to rub mismatched shoulders with Robbie Brady.
“I’ve had a night out or two with him before, but that’s about it. He’s only around the corner yeah.”
For the most part though, the round ball is off-limits to Healy and he delivers a withering response to the suggestion that Ronan O’Gara and Brian O’Driscoll were fond of a kick-around to loosen up on a Monday morning.
“Generation past, I suppose.”
It’s understandable. Healy has plenty of oval-ball matters to chew on.
While some of his international team-mates were afforded enough time off for a quick trans-Atlantic trip to decompress after the Six Nations this week, the men with fewer match minutes have shoulders pressed firmly to the wheel.
Healy had Monday off, but it was straight back to the day job on Tuesday. So he’s hoping to wear the blue of Leinster this weekend after starting just one of Ireland’s five matches in the Championship.
Even though the competition for the loosehead spot won’t exactly ease much n the weeks ahead, the change of pace and scenery is certainly welcome.
“Back to Leinster is always a positive,” the prop says as he promoted Leinster and Life Style Sports’ Fuel the fourth campaign.
“Back to home after being in hotels for seven weeks, traveling around or being in the Shelbourne. To be back based out of your house, over to UCD to train, and play in the RDS this week, Aviva next week, that’s brilliant.”
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That Aviva Stadium match will likely pit Healy against former team-mate Marty Moore. The 29-year-old has been doing more than just keeping in touch with the Wasps tighthead, he’s made sure to watch him in action. However, he says he will wait until next week before honing in on any weaknesses the ‘Baby Calf’ may present as a target.
“I’ve watched a good few of his games, met up with him for dinner a while back, a few of the props, and Jordi (Murphy) who was taken into the group for the night.
“We keep in touch, he’s a good friend. We’ll pick apart his game, when we’re doing study, but not much more than any opposition.”
Before taking on any tighthead though, Healy will first have to displace Jack McGrath.
“I think we’re close enough,” Healy says when asked if there is a performance gap to be bridged.
“(It) works well in training, we tag in and out, we’re kinda on the same system, it’s ‘head down’, I don’t make the decisions, ‘head down’ as best I can.
“I am still getting back, certainly not at the level I want to be. You have to get as much of a run of time as you can, take every opportunity to take 60-70 minutes under the belt. You need a run of them to get into full match flow. I got a few at the start of the season that I was happy with — it continues with rehab, skill work, everything. (I) keep trying to push that on now. Hopefully I will push myself forward this week and get some game time and be in a good position next week.”
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Like everyone else from Ireland camp, Healy wrestles with the tangled emotions of a disappointing campaign that ended with a performance of truly high quality. Second isn’t worth celebrating, but it was the best position available entering the final weekend.
“It was satisfactory. Whether it was second or fifth, you have to be happy with taking the best from a situation you can. We’d like to be in a better position come the last game in the next one.”
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NEIL JENKINS AND Graham Rowntree have joined the coaching staff of the British and Irish Lions for this summer’s tour to New Zealand, it was announced today.
Jenkins, the former Wales fly-half, and ex-England prop Rowntree will, along with fellow coaches Steve Borthwick, Andy Farrell and Rob Howley, complete the team headed by Warren Gatland for the three-Test, 10-match tour.
Jenkins and Rowntree will be touring with the Lions for the fifth time – twice as players and three times as coaches, including the successful series in Australia in 2013.
“We all know what Neil and Graham bring — a huge amount of knowledge, experience and expertise at club, international and eight Lions tours between them,” said Gatland, on secondment to the Lions from his usual job as Wales head coach.
“They understand what it will take to win in New Zealand and to have them on board again is positive.”
Gatland added: “Given the schedule, with two games a week, having six coaches will allow us to devote enough time to ensuring we are successful.
“I believe we have a coaching team that will get the best out of what will be a highly talented and motivated group of players capable of winning the Test series.”
Jenkins, who won four Lions caps on top of his 87 Wales appearances, described the call-up as a “huge honour”, saying: “The Lions is a special and unique side and I am fortunate to be heading on my fifth tour.
“I am excited to be joining up with a very experienced, successful coaching team for what is going to be a huge challenge against the world champions.
“I have experienced two series wins, most recently in 2013 and I’m looking forward to getting out on the training pitch and preparing for the challenge this summer.”
Rowntree, the 54-times capped England forward who also played twice for the Lions and is currently coaching at Harlequins, called the tour “the ultimate challenge considering the form that New Zealand have been in across the last decade”.
“But looking at the talent and potential in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, it is a hugely exciting opportunity for us to do something incredible.”
– © AFP 2017
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THE GAME HAS not changed to something unrecognisable from his time as a player, the accommodation and even a handful of the playing personnel are the same.
For Paul O’Connell, the biggest changes to the environment since his last involvement in a Six Nations campaign is the training ground and his role within the group.
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There is a balance to be stuck during such efforts too. There is any amount of data and detail that coaches could ask players to download before kick-off, but this Ireland squad are being asked to think for themselves rather than learn off solutions by rote.
“You’d love to have more time with the players even during the working week,” said O’Connell in a virtual press conference from the IRFU’s high performance centre in Abbottstown.
“It’s a constant discussion with Andy in terms of how much time you get with the players. But that time restriction is probably what makes you keep things simple. It makes you stick to what is relevant rather than trying to cover off everything. You don’t know what a team is going to do from week to week either. You have to prepare for the unexpected.
“That’s probably the biggest challenge, just trying to get time with the players, try to prepare for the critical few moments in the game rather than trying to cover everything.
“I must say I find that really challenging. It’s a challenge for every young coach, wanting to cover everything. Andy is good is holding the reins on that.”
The threat of Scotland has also changed since O’Connell played his last game in 2015. Their Five Nations Grand Slam was already in the rear view mirror when the current Ireland forwards coach made his international debut as a player. There were years in the doldrums for the national side, but through Gregor Townsend’s influence on the Warriours there was a growing sense of promise.
Now, with England beaten, Scotland have the right to consider themselves title challengers – albeit a challenger who have slipped up against Wales and still have an outstanding clash with France to navigate.
“I think it’s the best Scottish team I’ve ever gone up against as a coach or a player. They’re very well coached, very physical and they’ve got some real x-factor players as well.”
A win and two losses is the headline from Ireland’s campaign so far, but it hardly tells the whole story of a 14-man effort that almost defeated Wales and a close-run thing against the strongest side in the competition.
“We’ve taken confidence, from some of the things we’ve done in the last three games,” says O’Connell.
“We’ve probably been unlucky in some regards and we haven’t helped ourselves in some regards, probably given sides a leg up when we played them. That’s something we can’t do in the next few weeks. You have to be hard to beat, you can’t give things away to teams and we’ve probably done that a little bit.
“In the next two weeks, that’s one of the most important parts of what we have to deliver. We have to be hard to beat, we can’t give things away and give teams a leg up. This Scottish team will take advantage of that.”
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TOULOUSE’S FRENCH INTERNATIONAL pair Yann David and Christopher Tolofua will miss the European Champions Cup quarter-final against Munster at the weekend, coach Ugo Mola said on Tuesday.
David sustained a blow to his head in a Top 14 outing against Lyon while Tolofua was injured playing for France against Italy earlier this month, which meant he missed the Six Nations finale against Wales.
Both David and Tolofua have made five appearances in the competition so far with David scoring two tries as Toulouse finished behind Wasps in Pool 2, qualifying as one of the best runners-up.
David’s club form earned him a first international call-up for seven years when Guy Noves named his Six Nations squad, but was then ruled out ahead of the tournament opener with a thigh injury.
With doubts over number eight Gillian Galan, Mola at least had some good news in the return of scrum-half Sebastien Bezy, flankers Francois Cros and Yacouba Camara and Scottish lock Richie Gray.
Captain Thierry Dusautoir will also make his return in Thomond Park on Saturday after taking the last two weeks off.
– © AFP 2017
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ANDY FARRELL HAS retained Jamison Gibson-Park in Ireland’s number nine shirt for Sunday’s Six Nations clash with Scotland [KO 3pm, Virgin/BBC], as Conor Murray returns to the matchday 23 on the bench.
Farrell has made three changes to his starting XV for the visit to Edinburgh, with Cian Healy, Rob Herring, and Keith Earls coming back into the team after rotating out for the win over Italy a fortnight ago.
Hugo Keenan and James Lowe continue in the back three as Earls comes in for Jordan Larmour, who drops to the bench. Garry Ringrose and Robbie Henshaw start in midfield together for the fourth time in this championship.
Captain Johnny Sexton and Gibson-Park make up the halfback pairing, while the back row of Tadhg Beirne, Will Connors, and CJ Stander is unchanged.
Iain Henderson and James Ryan continue in the second row, but there are two changes in the front row as Healy comes in for Dave Kilcoyne and Herring replaces Rónan Kelleher.
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Kilcoyne and Kelleher are part of a dynamic-looking Ireland bench that also includes Andrew Porter, Jack Conan, and Ryan Baird, who is set for his second cap on Sunday.
Having recovered from the hamstring injury that kept him out of Ireland’s last two games, Murray comes into the number 21 jersey in place of Munster team-mate Craig Casey, who made his debut off the bench against Italy.
Ireland (v Scotland):
15. Hugo Keenan
14. Keith Earls
13. Garry Ringrose
12. Robbie Henshaw
11. James Lowe
10. Johnny Sexton (captain)
9. Jamison Gibson-Park
1. Cian Healy
2. Rob Herring
3. Tadhg Furlong
4. Iain Henderson
5. James Ryan
6. Tadhg Beirne
7. Will Connors
8. CJ Stander
Replacements:
16. Rónan Kelleher
17. Dave Kilcoyne
18. Andrew Porter
19. Ryan Baird
20. Jack Conan
21. Conor Murray
22. Billy Burns
23. Jordan Larmour
Referee: Romain Poite [FFR].