Ryan Baird biding time but keen to make impression in green

The Leinster man is closing in on a year being stuck on eight Ireland caps but has been putting in the work in the background.

THE RYAN LINE: Ryan Baird during an Ireland rugby media conference at the IRFU High Performance Centre this week. Picture: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Ryan Baird has no trouble winding down. A passion for golf and Netflix was married lately by a binge of all eight ‘Full Swing’ episodes, a love of nature filters through in his fishing expeditions with his dog Mackenzie, and his cooking skills are a work in progress.

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