Tadhg Beirne has to serve his punishment after being late for an Ireland team meeting.
Murray Kinsella Reports from Tours IT’S NOT TOTALLY unusual for a player to be wearing a full formal suit when they sit down for a press conference, but you know something’s up when Tadhg Beirne appears in the media tent looking dapper.
“Unfortunately, I turned up a couple of seconds late for a meeting and they decided to fine me. I had to spin the wheel of fortune and I landed on number ones to and from training, hence the suit.” “I’ve been lucky enough, I played all three of the warm-up games and it definitely helped in terms of my game,” says Beirne, who played at blindside flanker last weekend against Romania but is best known as a second row.
One of Ireland’s big aims this weekend will be to nail their lineout, which has had a few frustrating losses on their throw over the past few weeks.“It’s definitely not a concern for us,” says the 31-year-old. “The Samoa game, the weather was particularly bad. Unless you were there, you probably didn’t see how hard it was.
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