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Published 07:15 3 Sept 2015 BST
Updated 15:23 18 Sept 2015 BST
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Sky Sports, BBC and various other media outlets [us included] lauded Henshaw's GAA skills and harked back to stories of him playing football for Marists U16s.
We caught up with Shane Horgan, who will on commentary duty for Sky's coverage of England vs. Ireland* this weekend, and asked him if our GAA leanings are over-egged.
He said, 'Rugby players now have a wide skill-set but Irish players, I find, often have an advantage because they have played different sports.
'Whether that is Gaelic football, basketball or handball, that allows you to develop skills and work on areas such as movement.
'Many players in world rugby grow up playing the one sport but Irish guys take part in a wide spread of sports.
'You can see with the current team - in players like Robbie and Rob Kearney - that their GAA background has really added to their game.'
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