Wallace answers Ireland’s call, but gutted for Quinlan

IRISH flanker David Wallace has mixed feelings about his call-up to the World Cup squad.

Despite his obvious joy at receiving an early morning telephone call from coach Eddie O’Sullivan, Wallace admitted to being “gutted” for injured colleague Alan Quinlan.

Wallace had only time to “throw a few things into a bag” and take off on a lunch-time flight for Dublin, where he was issued with Ireland’s World Cup gear last evening prior to his long journey to Melbourne via London and Singapore.