Brendan O'Brien: As good a time as any for Ireland to visit Lions’ den

Twickenham is a strange mix of the magnificent and the meh.It’s an oddly unloveable place but maybe that’s just down to experience, writes Brendan O'Brien.

Dwayne Peel was in bullish form. Wales, though nursing a string of injuries, were Grand Slam champions and they were about to open their 2006 Six Nations campaign with a visit to Twickenham where none of their predecessors had managed a win in just under 20 years.

“England may have a good record at Twickenham, but they are not unbeatable there,” said Peel. “A number of sides have won there in recent years. We do not look on it as a bogey ground. Everyone is confident.”