Mike Catt had to answer a question about a photographer attending the Kiwis’ session.
Murray Kinsella Reports from Paris IRELAND HAVE LAUGHED off a bizarre suggestion that they were spying on All Blacks training ahead of tomorrow’s World Cup quarter-final in Paris.
However, Ireland had to deal with the question that intimated that they had been spying on the All Blacks. “They are exceptionally dangerous ball-in-hand. I think Joe has definitely brought a physicality at the breakdown and in their ball-carrying. That was something Joe was massively passionate about with Ireland as well, especially in the wide breakdowns.
“But across the board, they’ve got a hell of a lot of experience, even coming off the bench, Sam Whitelock, these guys that have got hundreds of caps.
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