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Published 13:02 12 Feb 2023 GMT
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'A scrap between him and Ardie Savea for the No 8 jersey in a world XV has become a reality. Absurd yet again, his pass for the match-sealing try was as good as they come.'[caption id="attachment_266163" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Caelan Doris of Ireland. (Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile)[/caption]
"James Ryan, Caelan Doris, Josh van der Flier, those three guys have huge levels of fitness and they just give Ireland that go-forward ball all throughout their games."Orchard had slightly different stats on the metres made and credited Hugo Keenan with 203 and Doris with 115. "The work-rate of this team under Andy Farrell is absolutely phenomenal," she declared. "Doris has just something else about him," Hickie agreed. "His performances against New Zealand, last summer, were fantastic. I thought towards of last season, with Leinster, he may have run out of gas, a little bit, and had played too many games. But this year he has come back and has been fantastic in all his games." Hickie points out that France would have been well drilled on how to shut him down, and that is what made his output against France all the more impressive. It was the same case when Doris impressed at both blindside and No.8 in the 34-20 win over Italy.
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