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England cool before Croke Park cauldron

  • Mark Orlovac - ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport journalist
  • 21 Feb 07, 04:48 PM

Mark Orlovac eng_badge.gifBath - It’s international week and England are about to head to Dublin for their historic date with Ireland but seeing the players at their training base on Wednesday – you never would have guessed.

After a full-on training session - with members of the Bath academy standing in for the Irish - they talked respectfully and sincerely about the emotional backdrop that accompanies this game, using words like "privileged" and "honoured" in describing the prospect of playing at the home of the GAA.

But I could definitely detect a sense of calm as they gathered in one of the vast halls that make up Bath University’s impressive sporting complex.

I didn't actually see Jason Robinson get injured - most of the reporters had gone back into the complex by then.
Details of the injury were sketchy - and no-one was telling whether it was a tackle from a promising Bath youngster that did the damage!

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Where are the Murrayfield missing?

  • Andrew Cotter - ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport commentator
  • 21 Feb 07, 08:46 AM

Andrew Cottersco_badge.gifNow I could talk about Scotland's team selection for the game against Italy, but it looks fairly settled. which is fair enough and Simon Webster is out for a while which is not fair at all, but there you go.

Instead, I'd like to talk about other people who won't be there on Saturday. At the moment, about 20,000 of them.

At the time of writing (Tuesday afternoon) some 45,200 tickets have been sold. Sales are currently averaging about 1,000 a day.

So that would be fine if we could somehow squeeze a few extra days in before Saturday, but I'm told that may be impossible. A lot of paperwork involved. Special forms to be filled in.

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