Toner plays the role of Conan, acrobatically leaping to gather the ball in the air and deftly offloading to the onrushing Isa Nacewa, before “Jamie Heaslip scores in the corner”, Toner interjects immediately. He remembers the moment as well as anyone. “I always backed my hands. I always had a good enough skillset.”
“I was never going to be the one making breaks or scoring tries, I did the dirty work and the stuff you don’t see. I’d be happy enough if my team-mates knew I did everything I could. “I got on well with everyone but Joe was the one who picked me to start and gave me my start in rugby, for Leinster and Ireland. I was able to deliver for him. What he wanted was set-piece ball, he wanted someone who could catch restarts, he wanted someone who could do all the work that a secondrow needs to do. I suited the way he wanted to play.”
“Any time Joe did reviews he would go back to why something happened, why we got that ball, why we scored in the first place. Then it was because of the clear-out from Trimby. If it wasn’t for that we wouldn’t have got the ball or scored the try.”
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