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Published 17:37 20 Nov 2014 GMT
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Ross and Simon Zebo are the only two players selected to start in each of the three November Tests. Ross thrives on stringing matches together, rather than rotation, and feels close to his scrummaging best after testing encounters with South Africa and Georgia.
The tight-head entered the current run of games having missed a month of rugby - following injury against Munster. Asked by SportsJOE if he ever entered a match at 100 per cent, Ross replies, 'Never.' He continues, 'apart from pre-season most guys will go into a game with some sort of a niggle. That's the same in the majority of cases. I don't think you're ever going to feel 100% but if you're 95% that is generally good enough.
'You just have to go by how you feel, if you're offering value to the group at whatever level you're at, then you go ahead. If you feel like you're going to be a hindrance then it is upon you, to be honest, to put your hand up and say 'I'm not right' and leave a guy who is to come in.'
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