Leinster forwards’ coach Robin McBryde has warned his team to be wary of a backlash from the Scottish side on Saturday
The rule states that a player must stand down from international rugby for three years and, thereafter, may switch allegiance to another country if he was born there or had a parent or grandparent born in that country. McGrath confirmed that he had received an inquiry on LinkedIn to see whether he was interested. He responded: “Not yet anyway, no.”
McGrath doesn’t have to look far for inspiration, with Ross Byrne nailing the match-winning penalty against Australia last weekend, some 20 months after winning his previous cap for Ireland. The scrumhalf said: “That’s exactly what I was going to say. Ross and I would have been in a probably similar boat, where we hadn’t been in camp in a long, long time. He texted me [last] Monday night [week] saying: ‘I’m in camp’.
It will be interesting to see if the McGrath and Byrne are in tandem at halfback in the RDS on Saturday afternoon when Leinster put up their unbeaten record against Glasgow Warriors. The Scottish side have won three of six matches and are under new management this season with Franco Smith having taken over from Danny Wilson.
“Obviously there has been a bit of change with their coaching structure. They’ve got good variation in their attacking strike plays. It will be a good test for us undoubtedly.
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