Leinster flanker Shane Jennings typically refuses to shy away from chasing his ambition of playing in the province’s bigger games, writes the Irish Times' Johnny Watterson.
"The IRFU player-welfare system. It has a lot to answer for. Shane Jennings gives the impression it’s not an exact science. In some instances it’s saving the players from themselves and in others saving the players from their clubs.
"The Leinster flanker doesn’t know how many games a season he is supposed to play. A round figure would be 25, modest compared to English and French players, who can exceed 30. And people ask why Brian O’Driscoll didn’t go for the big money in Toulouse or Stade Français. But Jennings is unsure. Not bothered either. “I don’t know what the number is but I think it’s something like that,” he says of the figure of 25 matches."
"...Jennings too will feel some heat, with Seán O’Brien, Jamie Heaslip, Kevin McLaughlin, Leo Auva’a and Rhys Ruddock lurking around the backrow. “I’d like to be in that,” he says, typically putting his own hand up and refusing to shy away from chasing his ambition and often leading others as he goes.
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