Ireland Men’s Squad Back In Camp Ahead Of Summer Tour

With their departure for Tbilisi now just a week away, the Ireland Men’s squad have been hard at work at the IRFU High Performance Centre under the guidance of interim head coach Paul O’Connell.

Calvin Nash, who was nursing an ankle injury, was back out on the pitch this morning, as the full 32-man squad, and five training panellists, continued their preparations for the Tests against Georgia (July 5) and Portugal (July 12).

Speaking about the playing group, assistant coach Mike Prendergast said: “There’s a real good unity there. The big thing I’ve noticed is they’re just willing to help each other. Guys in the same position, some guys are more familiar with stuff than others.

“You can hear just the little micro-chats going on with each other, and (it’s) been really encouraging, because we’ve come together as a squad, as a staff, and we’ve a goal to go and win two games and that’s what we want to do.

“Everyone realises that, we’ve pulled together. There’s a squad there, it’s a squad effort. Ideally we’ll want everyone playing over the next few weeks.

“So the best way of putting your best foot forward is connecting together and having one goal at the end of it, and that’s game by game, and getting our two performances and our results after that.”