Earls brings the feel-good factor to Irish squad— Kearney

Keith Earls is one of three players in the Irish squad who are set to feature at their fourth World Cup finals in the coming weeks, the others being team captain Jonathan Sexton and his Munster team-mate Conor Murray.

Rob Kearney at the Virgin Media Television Autumn Schedule launch at the Stella in Rathmines, Dublin. Pic: Brian McEvoy

Rob Kearney believes the ‘feel-good factor’ that Keith Earls brings to the Irish set-up is one of many reasons why the Limerick man fully merits being in Andy Farrell’s squad for the World Cup in France.

Having previously featured at the 2011, 2015 and 2019 finals – his eight tournament tries to date marking him out as his country’s top World Cup try-scorer – Earls is amongst a travelling party of 33 players that are jetting off to Ireland’s base camp in Tours from Dublin today.