Irish squad rankings all to play for in local derbies
Writing in the Sunday Independent, Jim Glennon reveals that there is always more than pride at stake in the festive season's now traditional inter-provincial clashes.
"I sent a text to one of my former charges in Leinster after their outstanding performance last week. I also wished him an enjoyable Christmas. He immediately replied thanking me, but reminding me too that for professional rugby players there is no such thing as Christmas! In Irish interprovincial rugby, this is derby week.
"These Christmas games are not your run-of-the-mill Magners League games, and while they might not reach the pitch of a Heineken Cup game, they are still a level or two above the routine encounters.”
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