Stephen: we’re still in the Hunt

STEPHEN HUNT could only chuckle when asked if Italy had stolen a march on the Irish with their raiding of the spoils in Montenegro.

As shown by his opening burst at impressive Bulgarian full back Stanislav Manolev, the Reading winger is not slow about imposing himself on the opposition and, on Saturday night, he pledged to pack the same attitude for the trip to the south of Italy.

But he did admit that the performance went a little flat after Dunne’s opener.