Promising Connacht scrum-half Kieran Marmion knows he will have to be on his toes when Harlequins visit the Sportsground tomorrow evening, but he was fairly busy as well when the English champions visited back in January — checking the tickets of supporters entering the packed ground.

There’s mixed news for Ireland in advance of the three Test joust with New Zealand next month with Paul O’Connell likely to travel and Stephen Ferris almost certainly ruled out — an exchange of one hard man for another.

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