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'He's shared his point of view and tried to help others around him' - Lowe settling into Ireland camp as eligibility date approaches
Garry Ringrose says his Leinster teammate James Lowe is quickly becoming a valuable member of Andy Farrell’s squad ahead of his anticipated international debut next month. Despite not being eligible to play for Ireland until next month’s Autumn Nations Cup, Lowe has been kept on as a training member of Farrell’s Ireland squad as they prepare for their rescheduled Six Nations fixtures against Italy and France.
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There is huge excitement about the prospect of seeing Lowe line out for Ireland, as the winger has become a key player for Leinster since making the switch from the Chiefs in 2017.
The 28-year-old will be eligible to play for Ireland in November and Farrell is expected to hand Lowe his Test debut during the Autumn Nations Cup.
He’s not the only new face getting used to life in an Ireland squad. While Jordan Larmour will miss the Autumn Test window through injury, the uncapped duo of Shane Daly (Munster) and Hugo Keenan (Leinster) will be pushing for selection in the backline alongside Andrew Conway and Jacob Stockdale, while Leinster scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park is also in line to make his Test debut, making the cut in Farrell’s 35-man squad ahead of Ulster’s John Cooney and Leinster’s Luke McGrath.
Lowe will have to wait a little longer to pull on a green jersey, but Ringrose says he is already adding to the group despite not being in contention for the upcoming Six Nations games.
“There’s massive competition amongst the back three there. He’s adding to that obviously with what he’s done previously for Leinster and equally, like the other two guys (Daly and Keenan), he’s adapted incredibly quick,” Ringrose said.
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“He’s shared his point of view and tried to help others around him as well as settle in and do his own job right.
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“It’s been no problem to him, he’s a great guy to have around the place and he’s getting on with everyone. I’m excited to see what more he can offer because it’s obviously massive competition amongst the whole backline.
“Everyone enjoys each other’s company and gets on, and there is a great connection amongst the group. But then obviously there is that competitiveness and pressure amongst us all in training, which brings the best out of us all, and hopeful come Saturday (against Italy) whoever goes out there, it brings the best out of them.”
Ireland resume their suspended Six Nations campaign this weekend when they host Italy at the Aviva Stadium, before travelling to play France the following Saturday.
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While Farrell’s time with his squad has been limited since taking over the reins from Joe Schmidt last year, Ringrose says the new head coach is trying to encourage a gameplan that the players enjoy.
“It’s trying to play a brand of rugby that we all love,” he added.
“And that might look different at different times, in the sense that it’s not necessarily being the Harlem Globetrotters, but playing to space when that’s the right thing to do. But then also if you’re coming up against a defence that’s set, is ‘where else is the space through kicking and stuff?’
Jordan Larmour will be out of action until early next year, while his Leinster teammate James Lowe continues to train with Ireland ahead of a potential international debut next month. ☘️https://t.co/V1QmcJBYnK
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“It’s not necessarily one style of play that’s being encouraged or implemented, but it’s (more about) what’s the right thing at the right time to take advantage of whatever opportunity is there, if that makes sense.
“Training has been tough, but it’s up to us to try and recognise what is the right thing to do at the right times, and then act upon that.
“We obviously put each other under pressure, and don’t get it right all the time, so that’s why there’s a lot of learning coming out of training that will hopefully make us be at our best and ready to go come Saturday.”
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Big difference from the Saders. Forwards really muscled up and laid a solid platform. Scooter brought some steel and I liked the loosie combination. Newell has been rather disappointing this season but stepped up big time - happy also to see Franks dot down. He should do that more often! Reihana had a good game and there seems to be more flair and invention with him in the saddle. McNicoll plays well from the back and is reliable plus inventive when he joins the line. Keep it up chaps!
3 Go to comments🤦♂️🤣 who cares who’s the best . All I know is the All Blacks have the star coach but have few star players now …
30 Go to commentsJe suis sûr que Farrell est impatient de jouer avec Lopez et Machenaud et d’être entraîné par Collazo… 🤭
1 Go to commentsAn on field red (aka a full red) in SRP must surely carry a bigger suspension than a red card given by the bunker as that carries a 20 minute team punishment. Had Damon Murphy abdicated his responsibility as a ref and issued both Drua players a yellow, which would have been upgraded to a 20 minute red by the bunker, that would have killed Australia and New Zealand’s push for the 20 minute red to be trialled globally from July this year.
11 Go to commentsEver so often you all post a Danny Care story that isn’t the announcement that he has finally re-signed for one more, victory tour season at Quins and I’m just like, “well you fooled me again!” My absolute favorite player ever, we need to make his final year at the Stoop (and Twickers) official already. I know he supposedly snubbed France but I won’t feel better until he signs.
1 Go to commentslate hit what late hit it wasn’t at all late and can clearly see he was committed before the tackle
1 Go to commentsChristian Lio -Willies 2 try perfomance was a standout. As was captain Scott Barrett. Up front was where the boys won it.They are a great team and players. Fantastic Crusaders , you can keep going.
3 Go to commentsI don't know how the locals feel about that? I guess if you call yourselves the Worcester Wasps that might be appease. But really we need more teams in the Premiership in my view so they are not padding it out as they are at the moment. It might curtail so many players going abroad as well
5 Go to commentsNZ 😭😭😭is certainly rivaling England for best whingers cup!😭😭😭 !!!
30 Go to commentsYup. New Zealand won 3 out of 10 world cups played. SA 4 out of 8 attempts 30 Vs 50 per cent.🤔🤔
30 Go to commentsShould've done this years ago. Change Saturday kick off times to around 11am. Up and off and back home before 3pm, limit travel time too. Allows players to actually do something else with their Saturday that's family oriented or being rugby fans they could ‘watch’ pro rugby. Increases crowds etc. How can anyone that enjoys grassroots and pro rugby have to choose between the two on Saturdays?
9 Go to commentsI bet he inspired those supporters just as much.
1 Go to commentsBen Smith Springboks living rent free in his head 😊😂
67 Go to commentsGood to hear he would like to play the game at the highest level, I hadn’t been to sure how much of a motivator that was before now. Sadly he’s probably chosen the rugby club to go to. Try not to worry about all the input about how you should play rugby Joey and just try to emulate what you do on the league field and have fun. You’ll limit your game too much (well not really because he’s a standard athlete like SBW and he’ll still have enough) if you’re trying to make sure you can recycle the ball back etc. On the other hard, you can totally just try and recycle by looking to offload any and everywhere if you’re going to ground 😋
1 Go to commentsThis just proves that theres always a stat and a metric to use to justify your abilities and your success. Ben did it last week by creating an imaginary competition and now you did the same to counter his argument and espouse a new yardstick for success. Why not just use the current one and lets say the Boks have won 4 world cups making them the most successful world cup team. Outside of the world cup the All Blacks are the most successful team winning countless rugby championships and dominating the rankings with high win percentages. Over the last 4 years statistically the Irish are the best having the highest win rate and also having positive records against every tier 1 side. The most successful Northern team in the game has been England with a world cup title and the most six nations titles in history. The AB’s are the most dominant team in history with the highest win rate and 3 world cups. Lets not try to reinvent the wheel. Just be honest about the actual stats and what each team has been good at doing and that will be enough to define their level of success.
30 Go to commentsHow is 7’s played there? I’m surprised 10 or 11 man rugby hasn’t taken off. 7 just doesn’t fit the 15s dynamics (rules n field etc) but these other versions do.
9 Go to commentsPick Swinton at your peril A liability just like JWH from the Roosters Skelton ??? went missing at RWC
14 Go to commentsLike tennis, who have a ranking system, and I believe rugby too, just measure over each period preceding a world cup event who was the longest number one and that would be it. In tennis the number one player frequently is not the grand slam winner. I love and adore the All Blacks since the days of Ian Kirkpatrick when I was a kid in SA. And still do because they are the masters of running rugby and are gentleman on and off the field - in general. And in my opinion they have been the majority of the time the best rugby team in the world.
30 Go to commentsHaving overseas possessions in 2024 is absurd. These Frenchies should have to give the New Caledonians their freedom.
21 Go to commentsBell injured his foot didn’t he? Bring Tupou in he’ll deliver when it counts. Agree mostly but I would switch in the Reds number 8 Harry Wilson for Swinton and move Rob Valentini to 6 instead. Wilson is a clever player who reads the play, you can’t outmuscle the AB’s and Springboks, if you have any chance it’s by playing clever. Same goes for Paisami, he’s a little guy who doesn’t really trouble the likes of De Allende and Jordie Barrett. I’d rather play Carter Gordon at 12 and put Michael Lynagh’s boy at 10. That way you get a BMT type goalkicker at 10 and a playmaker at 12. Anyways, just my two cents as a Bok supporter.
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