Edwards has fighting Irish spirit in his blood

SHAUN Edwards is up for a Triple Crown scrap in Dublin — after revealing he’s related to an Irish bare-knuckle boxer.

Edwards has fighting Irish spirit in his blood

The Wales assistant coach has Saturday’s Six Nations clash in his blood with ancestors on both sides of the Irish Sea.

Edwards takes the family name of his Welsh great-grandfather but played rugby league for Ireland through his maternal grandmother Kitty Collins.

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