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He was walking the halls of Wesley College when news broke. Ignore the humility his breakdown work, his tackling, his game intelligence and durability earned the 22-year-old a call-up to Joe Schmidt’s Six Nations squad last Wednesday. “That’s the biggest area of work-ons for me, so Mike’s right there.” “To be honest with you, it’s something that I am still working on the breakdown is an area you can always be better at, unless you reach the Richie McCaw, David Pocock standard. Van der Flier embraces the old criticism as new. When I sat him down to review his performance, I said: ‘You hardly ever miss a tackle but we need a little more mongrel from you especially in over the ball to ensure you stay there.’” “Dan Leavy put a lot of pressure on him in year two. “Great engine, would always get through a huge amount of work in a game. “He was always a seven to me, in the more classical mode,” says Mike Ruddock, his Ireland under-20s coach for two seasons. He mentions the influence of Wesley coach Craig Petrie but it was Gerry Murphy and Noel McNamara who fixed him on the tearaway flank.
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In sixth year I got a trial and managed to do well enough to make the under-19s.” “I made the trials for Leinster schools in fourth and fifth year but I wasn’t good enough. Murphy’s star has taken a nose dive since the World Cup quarter-final, and with Rhys Ruddock and Dominic Ryan almost exclusively blindsides, van der Flier is unquestionably an openside. Leavy wore number seven for Leinster A against Moseley last weekend in the B&I Cup. We never really played those schools.”Ĭoghlan joined Munster last summer in search of game time while Gilsenan went away to London Irish. I think I played against Conor Gilsenan in first year. “I’d never really seen much of them play but you know the way the rumours go around about these unbelievable players. The deck was never stacked in van der Flier’s favour. The “profile” schoolboys were Conor Gilsenan and Jordan Coghlan from Clongowes Wood, the St Michael’s prodigy Dan Leavy and Blackrock’s first among equals, Jordi Murphy. There has always been better players in his position or at least better known players. I wasn’t allowed to play games because I was too young, it was under-8s so my dad just had me down training for a couple of years. My dad also played Leinster under-21s and with Wicklow rugby club. “My granddad on my mum’s side played Leinster under-21s. Joshua van der Flier (pronounced Fleer) is of Dutch grandparentage, via Finglas, before his parents settled in Wicklow town. People vaguely knew of this incessant scarlet blur with an exotic surname. Just walked up to me with a video, saying, ‘I’m the guy with the red scrum cap.’ He was never a profile player in school but I had seen him playing against Gonzaga the year before so I could see the potential.” “He came in under the radar, no scholarship. “It’s a great story,” Byrne, UCD’s director of rugby, remembers. Bobby Byrne had also seen this smaller-than-the- usual backrower but didn’t recognise the blond-haired freshman who approached him on campus.
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Anoraks who religiously watch Wesley College in the Fr Godfrey and Vinnie Murray cup competitions will remember him. Reserves: Quinten MacDonald, Luca Inch, Isaac Salmon, Max Hicks, Hugh Renton, Noah Hotham, Tim O’Malley, Levi Aumua.The boy in the red scrum cap. Tasman: Andrew Knewstubb, Timoci Tavatavanawai, Leicester Fainga’anuku, Alex Nankivell, Macca Springer, Mitchell Hunt, Louie Chapman, Te Ahiwaru Cirikidaveta, Anton Segner, Jacob Norris, Quinten Strange, Antonio Shalfoon, Sam Matenga, Andrew Makalio, Isi Tu’ungafasi. Reserves: Kianu Kereru-Symes, Jason Long, Namatahi Waa, Bryn Evans, Josh Kaifa, Danny Tusitala, Caleb Makene, Ollie Sapsford. Hawke’s Bay: Lolagi Visinia, Neria Fomai, Stacey Ili, Danny Toala, Jonah Lowe, Lincoln McClutchie, Ere Enari, Devan Flanders, Brendon O’Connor, Marino Mikaele-Tu’u, Tom Parsons, Geoff Cridge, Joe Apikotoa, Jacob Devery, Pouri Rakete-Stones.
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I only just found out last week that Hawke’s Bay has never won it, but it will be exciting, especially for the publicity in a small town like Hawke’s Bay.” NPC Premiership semifinal Hawke’s Bay v Tasman, McLean Park, Napier Kickoff 4.35pm, Saturday Our boys know they will bring a bit of pressure and it’s a do-or-die match, but our boys will be up for it and hopefully get the job done.”Ī place in the NPC Premiership final and the chance to compete for a title would be the perfect way for McClutchie to cap off the biggest season of his young rugby career. There’s not too many injuries so hopefully we can get the job,” McClutchie said. We’ve had a good week before the semifinal.