Forget philosophy – Ireland just need to keep winning
Never mind the Grand Slam, Ireland are concentrating on Scotland at Murrayfield according to skipper Brian O'Driscoll writing in the Guardian.
"All this talk of Ireland winning the grand slam is in the media and certainly not within our changing room. I don't think there is any more pressure on the players now than after our first win against France. Nothing has changed for us. We still have a certain number of matches that have to be won against tough opposition. In the Ireland camp we are all completely focused on the Scotland game on Saturday.
"There has been a lot made of my comment in a press conference last month about a tomato. I can reassure you there was no deep and meaningful background to this seemingly philosophical moment. Some have even called it my Eric Cantona moment, but it was nothing but a bet from one of the Ireland boys. Each day we are in camp we receive the following day's schedule and within it our baggage master, Paddy O'Reilly, includes a thought of the day. The tomato comment was his thought of the day and in exchange for including it in the press conference I am pleased to say that one of the boys now has to do a rather unpleasant forfeit."
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