Autumn Series: Teams up for Ireland v Canada

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The teams were announced yesterday for Saturday’s match between Ireland and Canada in the Autumn Series at the Aviva Stadium. Kick off 7:15 pm. Live on Sky Sports 3, RTE TWO.

With just under three years to go to the next World Cup this is more like the sort of Ireland team that I want to see, though whether we see the same youthful blend beyond this match against Canada is yet to be seen. Mind you, the absence of a single Ulster forward from this team has to be a worry. 

With perfect timing, I said in my last preview;

I was a big fan of Joe Schmidt when he first took over the Ireland coaching role but Ireland have been playing fairly poor rugby of late, if we discount a (very) small revival during the summer tour against an out of sorts South Africa.

and circumstances have certainly changed after a fired up Ireland convincingly beat the World Champions but, and I’m probably in a . . .

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