Caelan Doris reflects on ‘the most demanding’ season of his career.
AFTER A GRUELLING season that stretched across 13 long months, Andy Farrell’s Ireland squad were deserving of a decent break when they returned from their two Test tour of South Africa.
“It was like Jaws, one of them was coming straight for me! Then we went swimming with turtles, which was pretty cool. Seeing Mexico in general was cool, nice bit of sun and pretty relaxed overall.” “I think it probably is the most demanding . Plenty of highs and lows throughout it, but overall, after a couple of weeks of reflection I look back on it very fondly.
Doris captained Leinster for the first time in January and was then handed the Ireland captaincy for the Six Nations win against Italy, before Farrell made a big call in promoting Doris to captain for the second Test in South Africa, as Peter O’Mahony dropped to the bench. “I think probably those whatever it was, three or four times that I got the opportunity to captain Leinster while James and Gary were away, I think they helped me get a little bit more comfortable in the role and with extra responsibilities. That helped when I got the opportunity with Ireland.”
“I think generally the lads don’t really look externally in terms of reading stuff or looking at what other teams are saying too much.
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