Experienced scrumhalf will help guide younger team-mates in the absence of squad members busily preparing for Six Nations duty with Ireland
Luke McGrath focused on the task as Leinster brace for Stormers test“Faz has called me in the previous years, telling me I’m not in the squad or whatever, so there has been a little bit of communication,” says McGrath. “Not much to be honest and I have to deal with that. It is what it is. It’s so competitive in this squad, and in Ireland more so in that position. There are so many difficult calls and everyone wants to play.
Leinster's Luke McGrath and Jamison Gibson-Park celebrate the recent win over La Rochelle at Stade Marcel Deflandre, La Rochelle. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho “This week, there are so many lads gone off to camp and it’s such a different environment,” he says. “But it’s great to have so many young lads in. And it’s going to be a different team this week. You can see the challenge ahead, with so many Springboks in the squad and we’re in the Aviva again which is brilliant. These are special weeks. But it will be tough.
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