Simon Easterby’s 33-man group gathered yesterday ahead of their upcoming tour to South Africa.
YESTERDAY, THE HARD work started in earnest for the Emerging Ireland class of 2024. The 33 players called up by head coach Simon Easterby gathered at the IRFU’s high performance centre in Abbotstown to get stuck into three days of work ahead of Saturday’s departure for South Africa, where the squad will rumble through games against the Pumas, Western Force and the Cheetahs across a busy eight-day schedule.
“We’re going to have a week, two week build-up into playing the All Blacks, so it’s important we see how these guys come in and respond to that. Cormac Izuchukwu toured with the Ireland senior squad over the summer. Dan Sheridan / INPHO Dan Sheridan / INPHO / INPHO “We expect him to come in after that experience and lead this team around. I’m looking forward to seeing him. I thought he had a good start on Friday night in terms of some of the way he drove the Leinster team around, he’ll be looking to kick on on this tour and put his name forward for future Leinster fixtures.”
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