Kelleher confident that 'small fixes' will suffice as Ireland turn towards Pumas

Small details could be explained with other words. Like minimal gains or ‘the one percents’ that we hear about so often in modern sport. If Ireland are off by just that amount in a handful of areas – lineout, discipline etc – then that leaves them miles off.

Fri, 15 Nov, 2024 - 07:06

Brendan O'Brien

Twelve minutes against Benetton, then 58 against the All Blacks. Fair to say so that Rónan Kelleher skipped a few of the usual acclimatising steps in between when facing New Zealand at the Aviva Stadium last Friday.

Picking up that ankle injury in Italy back at the start of October looked even then like awful timing. Not just for him but for an Ireland staff that was already working around Dan Sheehan’s long-term absence from his own injury.