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Published 11:01 15 Mar 2016 GMT
Updated 09:31 16 Mar 2016 GMT
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It is the same pride, he says, that will see him try his damnedest against Scotland, on Saturday, despite a third place finish being the best Ireland can hope for. He said:
"You go into everything wanting to win it, you do. But when you don't, you are still representing a lot. "So it's not a case of, we can't win it, so we go 'right, I'm done'. We still have the chance to play at home, in front of a full crowd, wearing the jersey. "For me, it's 'Right, this is my jersey for the day', I have got to do it right. "Yes, you might say, we're not happy for the fact we are not playing for it [the championship]. But you have got to park that. We'll come back after the competition and look at the bigger picture."Heaslip was confirmed Ireland's 1,000th Test player when he made his Test debut against the Pacific Islands in November 2006. Given that his fellow debutants, Luke Fitzgerald and [now retired] Stephen Ferris, both made 35 Test caps in the last decade goes a long way to prove unlucky they have been with injuries. It also proves how fortunate - although we don't always show it - Ireland have been to have Heaslip at No.8.
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