Munster captain O’Mahony backs Foley to make step-up for Ireland

Munster captain Peter O’Mahony is backing provincial pack-mate Dave Foley to hit the ground running when the uncapped lock goes into Ireland training camp today ahead of the November Tests.

Munster captain O’Mahony backs Foley to make step-up for Ireland

Paul O’Connell and Devin Toner are Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt’s incumbent second row heading into the opening Guinness Series Test against South Africa at the Aviva Stadium on November 8 but another impressive performance from Foley for Munster in the European Champions Cup win over Saracens on Friday night has confirmed O’Mahony’s view that the 26-year-old is ready to take the step up to international rugby, perhaps with a start against Georgia the following weekend.

“I think ‘Foles’ has been impressive for the last 12, 18 months. He’s really grown into things, I’d say he’s a world class lineout operator and he’s learning all the time around the pitch, just muscling up and putting in big performances and backing them up week in, week out, which is important.”

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