Doorey excited by centre prospects

Italy’s defensive co-ordinator is relishing the prospect of two of the game’s leading centre partnerships going head-to-head on Sunday when the Azzurri meet Ireland in the RBS 6 Nations in Rome.

Grant Doorey, a former Wallabies team manager and rugby league player, believes the showdown between Ireland’s pairing of Brian O’Driscoll and Gordon D’Arcy, and their Italian counterparts Gonzalo Canale and Andrea Masi is one well worth waiting for.