Georgia trip the perfect challenge for young Ireland, says Leamy

Paul O'Connell will bring an inexperienced touring group to Tblisi this week. 

DUE EAST: Assistant coach Denis Leamy during an Ireland rugby media conference at the IRFU High Performance Centre at the Sport Ireland Campus in Dublin. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Denis Leamy believes Georgia will be the ideal challenge for a young and inexperienced Ireland side looking to play the “Irish way” under interim head coach Paul O’Connell in Tbilisi this Saturday.

With a record 16 Irishmen absent on tour in Australia with the British & Irish Lions under the charge of Ireland’s head coach Andy Farrell, O’Connell departs from Dublin to the Georgian capital on Wednesday with a 33-man national squad captained by Craig Casey featuring 13 uncapped players, including newest call-up Scott Wilson, the Ulster prop.