Even the locals in Cape Town have been getting behind this impressive Irish team:
Richie Murphy’s resilient young team have earned a place in the final of the World Championship tomorrow [KO 6pm Irish time, Virgin Media], with their skillful, powerful brand of rugby helping to gather strong support.
It would have been understandable if this Irish team had struggled to focus on rugby but they went ahead with last week’s game against Fiji, earning a bonus-point win, and then smashed their way past hosts South Africa in the semi-finals. Dundon said the U20s had also received messages from the senior Ireland team, who are back in Dublin preparing for their own World Cup. Iain Henderson and Peter O’Mahony were among those to send the young Irish squad videos wishing them well.“We got shown them this morning which was brilliant and will help drive us a bit more. We’ve been really thriving on the support, it’s been awesome.”
John Devine, who has impressed in midfield for Ireland, has been blown away by the support across the board. Ireland have been roared on at their games by that band of family and close friends, who have also had to deal with the tragedy of losing Greig Oliver, who had been part of the group supporting the U20s.“It’s been awesome because the players have been able to get out of the hotel and go have dinner with their families, which you need because we’re in the same hotel for nearly four weeks by the end of it,” said Dundon.
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