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Henshaw is understood to have fully recovered from the injury scare...but the Connacht centre has not completed a full training session this week.
Darren Cave poised to make World Cup debut for Ireland against Romania at Wembley
Richard Mulligan - Belfast Newsletter
...while some RFU officials are against allowing an English-based team to compete in a ‘foreign’ league, Exiles chairman Bleddyn Phillips is confident it can happen.
London Welsh have ‘initiated discussions’ about switching to Pro12
The Rugby Paper
It didn't seem to register with the anti-ROG brigade that Wilkinson suffered enormous physical damage because of his enthusiasm for tackling
Shades of O'Gara critics as England go on the defensive with No 10 pick
George Hook - Irish Independent
"(Kevin McLaughlin) was a guy Joe trusted. You don't pick a guy you don't trust to play the All Blacks"
BluesTalkTV
Even Paul O’Connell got a bit edgy…
Ireland had A LOT of fun on their down-day today
Neil Treacy - The42.ie
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