Nick Timoney to use chip on his shoulder against Fiji

Andy Farrell has named the 27-year-old on the openside against the tourists. 

Nick Timoney during the Ireland Rugby captain's run at Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Some players are happy to pause and reflect, others not so much.

Nick Timoney's life has lots of the strands you’d want to knit together for a layered backstory. The lack of an academy offer from Leinster. The sliding doors moment when he almost moved to Pau. Ulster’s belated invitation seven years ago.