Veteran John O’Shea playing cards close to his chest on retirement

“Fitness, thankfully, has never been too much of a problem for me throughout my career.“

John O’Shea is not about to prematurely call time on his international career, writes Liam Mackey.

The Waterford man will earn cap number 111 when he lines out against the Netherlands at the Aviva Stadium tonight but, smiling broadly, yesterday declined to rise to the bait when asked if France 2016 might be his Ireland swansong.