'As a pack, we back ourselves' – Dan Sheehan is looking forward to his first experience of playing against the Springboks.
Image: Billy Stickland/INPHO DAN SHEEHAN’S FOURTH start for Ireland was a summer tour Test against New Zealand at Eden Park. In his fifth and sixth starts, he beat the All Blacks twice.
He’s also made a blistering start to the new season with Leinster. Five appearances – including three 80-minute shifts and one 79-minute run-out – have seen him cross for six tries, Sheehan repeatedly profiting from some excellent work by the Leinster maul. “It’s a massive year coming into a World Cup. And to come up against the world champions a year out is a great time to do it, to really test ourselves on that finals rugby piece that people talk about.
It is direct. Size is one part of it. But 90% of a dominant collision is technique. That’s what we’re priding ourselves on, the technique of being able to win those dominant collisions. Each team have their ups and downs. They might say they will go for the size and dominance but we will try to move them around, get them going again. “As a pack, we back ourselves. And as a team we back ourselves to stay together. No Irish team has ever really been based on some magician.
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