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A TALE OF two props at Aviva Stadium last Friday night. At one end of the scale, Cian Healy is glad to get any focus on him out of the way as he prepares to equal Brian O’Driscoll’s record as Ireland ’s most-capped player. In the same dressing room, Thomas Clarkson feels the need to give his notes one final look before he becomes Ireland ’s latest debutant. Clarkson, 24, tries to cram as Healy, 37, interjects with some words of wisdom.
“Tom O’Toole had that keadknock towards the end of last week so even before the team was announced I kinda had a rough idea I might be playing and straight away he came up to me and said if I had any doubts about anything during the week to come up to him.” “Just ‘you are staying on…’ We were gyming on the Monday and the team was announced Tuesday morning so he kinda gives lads a heads up about what they are doing.
“It was a bit surreal, like coming out for the anthem, it hadn’t been that full for the warm up and then coming out and the fact it was dark as well so that added an extra bit… It was cool.” “Bit unwarranted I think!” is Clarkson’s honest assessment. “Everyone’s involved. To come on, scrums hadn’t necessarily been going that well during the week, so it was just about trying to make it work on the day and thank God it did.”
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