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Published 15:00 23 Jul 2015 BST
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Made his name as a nippy, tenacious No.9 with Munster and was Ireland's go-to guy behind the scrum for a decade. Pass like tracer bullet, a dangerous sniper and infamous tap-tackler. Won three Triple Crowns and was in Ireland's 2009 Six Nations and Grand Slam-winning squad.
The former Cork hurler's flame burned brightly yet briefly in Test rugby. 24 caps [19 starts] from 2007 to 2012 but will forever be known as the first-choice scrumhalf for Ireland's 2009 Grand Slam. Selected for that year's Lions Tour until a bad knee injury intervened.
Declan Kidney selected him as a bolter in his World Cup 2011 warm-up squads and started him in three big RWC matches. His true evolution to a world-class scrum-half arrived on the 2012 tour to New Zealand. He went from physical presence and handy distributor to a punisher kicker. Can adapt his game to countless scenarios.
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