I dreamed a dream the other night, more of a nightmare really. For reasons not revealed to me in my slumber, Ireland would not be able to field a team for England’s visit to the Aviva in next season’s Six Nations.
That got me thinking, while I prepared the much needed first coffee of the day. What if that was to be a reality? If the only solution was to select a team made up of amateur players from the All-Ireland league, I suppose that would be done. The financial imperative would be enormous.

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