Copeland grateful for Schmidt advice as Munster move pays dividends

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY:

For Copeland, the journey from underage rugby in Wexford to a starting place in the Ireland Wolfhounds team that takes on the England Saxons in Gloucester tomorrow was a far more circuitous affair.

The route from Gorey to Kilkenny College and on to Leinster’s academy was simple enough but then came the detour through St Mary’s, Plymouth Albion, Rotherham Titans and then Cardiff from where he joined up with Joe Schmidt’s squad this week.