Marmion hopeful of getting Ireland break in Argentina

It was a false dawn a year ago when Kieran Marmion was selected to tour Canada and the United States but the ever-present Connacht scrum-half hopes he is poised to finally make his Irish debut in the next few weeks in Argentina.

The English-born but Welsh reared Marmion has been a revelation since he burst on the scene last September 12 months.

Of course, the even more remarkable rise of Robbie Henshaw has meant Marmion, whose late father’s family is originally from Loughrea in Co Galway, has slipped through under the radar.