Determined Kilbane misses training to get his game face on

KEVIN KILBANE, still on course to play against Georgia on Saturday less than a week after having surgery on a fractured cheekbone, had to skip Irish squad training yesterday morning in order to have a protective mask fitted.

Determined Kilbane misses training  to get  his  game  face on

His colleagues were suitably impressed by his determination, even if Reading’s Shane Long couldn’t resist the inevitable light-hearted dig.

“He got a nasty one but had an operation on Sunday just to get here,” said the striker. “Now he’s going to have a mask on, so it might improve his looks at least. But, seriously, that’s why he is the player he is today. He’s been a Premiership player all his life and it doesn’t just come easy. He put the work and the elbow grease into it and is getting his rewards now.”

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