Main challenge for returning national squad players is ability to quickly switch between playbooks and calls
touched on that point when addressing what’s required for the league leaders to continue on their unbeaten way against a resurgent Ospreys team in the
Osborne will have Tommy O’Brien, back for a first outing since sustaining an injury in December, and Irish international Jimmy O’Brien for company in the back three, while there are two academy players in the centre: the hugely promising Cooney and Charlie Tector, who had adapted impressively from playing outhalf to inside centre.
“I want to stay here for the rest of my career, but if I don’t, I’ve learned so much here that I wouldn’t have learned at any other club. Keep learning, keep trying to push for those big spaces – you never know what is going to happen down the line. “We don’t want to be going there and messing up the team by trying something beyond your skill set. It’s most important you just fit into the team first. And then from there, if you’re doing what is best for the team, the reward will come with a good performance.”
The bench has a youthful look with RG Snyman and Ross Byrne providing some pastoral guidance as well as the physical direction should they be called on. Paddy McCarthy and Rory McGuire are two young props with oodles of ability, while the hope is that Alex Soroka gets an injury-free run to deliver on his talent.
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