The 15s star has been a striking addition ahead of the Olympic Games.
IRELAND SEVENS CAPTAIN Harry McNulty has hailed the positive influence of Hugo Keenan on the group ahead of the Olympic Games.The Leinster full-back missed the URC play-offs and will also miss the Ireland 15s team tour of South Africa next month as he focuses on Sevens .“Hugo was a big part of the team running into the qualification to getting us on the World Series,” he tells The 42. “He played a lot for us, and has always been in touch and a good friend over the years.
“You want them to be really professional, really forward, in terms of how they want to be involved in this team, that they want to know everything, and they’re not just going to go through the motions.” “He wants to get better. He wants to do everything right. He wants to do the best for the team and the squad and the players around him. That’s always great.
“It was to be expected because it was done with your seedings over the last two years. You can’t really think about it too much, you just have to understand what style of play you want to do against those teams.
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