Blackburn RFC rack up 190 points and 30 tries as they augment their points' difference tally
“Had this been a meaningless game, I would have put our Second team out and would have definitely stopped at around the 70-point mark. But we are going for promotion and this season, only one team goes up. So, we just had to keep going to try and improve our points difference.”
It’s not unusual, as a famous Welsh crooner might say, for international rugby teams to invite inspirational people from all walks of life to speak to the group from time to time just as Ireland did, the most recent Davy Irwin, the former Ulster, Ireland and Lions centre recounted being caught up in the 1987 bombing and what Ireland’s Call means to him. Brian O’Driscoll also spoke on how his attitude to the anthem changed.
However, for England and Lions loosehead prop Mako Vunipola the person who made the biggest impact was former Manchester United and Republic of Ireland international Roy Keane. He recalled: “Little things always stay with you from those talks.
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