Rory O'Connor

He had a tough year last year.

And what does he do?

He goes and trains for the whole summer, you know, and he's reaping the rewards now.

Yeah.

Yeah, well, I think part of that point, Joe, is

you had two world class centres in Henshaw and Bundy like Bundy in the last World Cup was just he was arguably player of the tournament or possibly was I can't remember and Robbie's been an unbelievable servant for Ireland and

We were talking, obviously, with Andrew Trimble at the weekend.

We were doing the Virgin coverage.

And I thought Trimble explained it really well.

He's just compounded getting 1% better every season.

And I totally agree.

Like, Stu has been so consistent for Ulster and has consistently been in Irish squads.

But as a centre, you're either starting or you're not on the bench.

And that's really tough.

And...

The likes of Robbie and Bundy, they're durable, they were staying fit and he just wasn't getting enough opportunities.

The other point I'd make on McCluskey is the game can trend your way or it can trend away from you.

And offloading is on trend.

No, it wasn't part of Joe's game plan.

No.