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Published 16:01 26 May 2017 BST
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Training hard with the best of the best in the sunshine and still unbeaten. Let's hope they are feeling like this in a months' time when the Test Series is underway and they're in the thick of a rough-hewn New Zealand winter.
SportsJOE caught up with several of the Lions squad a learned who a few are rooming with and about their night of team bonding in Dublin town. These pairings have been roomies so far:
"I find just talking to them helps," he remarked. "The quirks of Marler’s personality is that instead of asking questions which come naturally to you, as you would, he decides to invent a questionnaire. But no, I’d just find that talking and listening helps."Cole also provided some further details on the squad's Tuesday night trip into Dublin. Asked if the players had been introduced to some Irish culture, he responded:
"Culture, hmmmm, yeah... we'll leave it there! "We had a meal out on Tuesday and and had a front five table [himself, Marler, Sinckler, Furlong, Best, George, Jack McGrath and Mako Vunipola] and got to know everyone quite well."The squad dined at Marco Pierre White Steakhouse & Grill on Dawson Street before popping around the corner for a drink at Kehoe's on South Anne Street. Kehoes for a pint of the black stuff is almost a tradition at this stage... https://twitter.com/meghanpgill/status/336963755776802818 "The whole week has been good like that," Cole continued. "There's been no cliques or anything like that. Everyone has been mixing together and it has been going quite well."
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