McFadden relief after his welcome big break

FERGUS McFADDEN has more reasons than most to celebrate a place in Ireland’s Rugby World Cup squad.

A year after breaking his jaw and missing out on his first Irish tour, McFadden has batted away stern opposition to win his place on Declan Kidney’s selection.

“It’s funny how these things happen,” he said of the injury sustained a day before he was due to depart to New Zealand in 2010. “But it [also] happened to Geordy [Geordan Murphy] before a World Cup eight years ago.”