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Monday 30 November 2020
South Africa doctors say the prop has an irregular heart rhythm as a result of an hereditary condition.
‘If the off pitch leadership is not good enough then the decision-making and execution on the pitch will follow suit.’
Here’s how the day developed at Lansdowne Rd.
The Munster scrum-half teams up with Jonny Sexton and swears he has learned a tough lesson from a shocker in Paris.
He’s more concerned about post-match speeches than decoding the South Africans’ gameplan.
The Wexford man is back in the centre for Ireland after missing the Waikato wipeout.
Ireland’s backs coach was relaxed enough to joke about the Andrew Trimble, David Skrela mix-up before tomorrow’s trench warfare.
“Are you going to change your name to Richardt O’Strauss?” asked a South African reporter. We copyrighted that joke last month.
“If you are going to play the best you want them to be at their strongest,” insisted the Irish coach.
The Leinster man held off stiff competition from Jonny Sexton to land the role of captaining Ireland against the Springboks.
The Ulster winger is still rattled by a chastening tour to New Zealand but determined to put things right.
The Springbok captain is set to take on Keith Earls in the centre of the park on Saturday.
IT’S THE LAST day of November, so it’s safe to say the Christmas countdown has well and truly begun.
With everything that has happened in 2020 so far, many people have chosen to bring a bit Christmas cheer into their lives earlier than usual this year, and decorations have been going up in households around the country for a number of weeks now.
But others are still sticking to their usual traditions and waiting until December to put the tree up.
So, today we want to know: When are you putting up your Christmas tree?
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