An upset would be getting beat, insists Cleary ahead of under 19 championship

There is a confidence sweeping through Irish rugby and Ireland U19 centre, Conor Cleary, is caught in the slipstream.

Edward Newman spoke to the St Michael’s student on the eve of the opening of the IRB U19 World Championship in Belfast

WHAT stood out most of all in Brian O’Driscoll’s early days as Ireland captain was the outside centre’s sheer belief in Irish rugby and its ability to take on the world and beat them.