Dream day for captain Doris after injury nightmare

A year which began with a frustrating hamstring injury which sidelined him for four months has taken a massive upward swing for newly appointed Irish U20 captain Caelan Doris.

The injury saw the promising No.8 miss Ireland’s entire U20 Six Nations campaign but just when it seemed that he might also lose the opportunity at playing at a second World Cup, everything turned in his favour.

He recovered quicker than expected, made his senior debut off the bench for Leinster in the PRO14 against Connacht and on Sunday night received a call from Irish U20 coach Noel McNamara asking him to skipper the side for the upcoming World Cup in France.