As Sam makes great start to the Six Nations, Cian has been included in Ireland’s matchday squad
’s Autumn Nations Series win over Fiji at the Aviva Stadium last November, Sam was making his first Test start, having been a replacement against Argentina a week beforehand.
Insomuch as one can tell from limited media dealings, albeit Cian was a ready talker in a half-hour one-on-one with this writer in November 2023, their sons appear to be quite different characters and players. As well as being a flanker, Cian has had more setbacks and is that bit more intense, whereas Sam is a languid, stylish, specialist outhalf and playmaker, and cool as a breeze.
Brought to New Zealand in the summer of 2022, he played in both Maori games and was part of the Emerging Ireland squad in South Africa, and made his debut back in November 2022 off the bench against Fiji, before being picked in the wider World Cup squad, winning his second cap as a replacement against Italy before starting at number eight against England in what felt like an audition for France 2023.
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