DUBLIN : A lack of competitive rugby in recent months for many of the Ireland team means there will be nerves going into the World Cup warm-up test against England on Saturday, captain James Ryan said on the eve of the match in Dublin.
"This has never been a warm-up game for us. It's been very much a Test match, that's the way we've prepared for this game all week. It's obviously a lot of the guys' first appearance of the summer, so it's going to be tough but we're not going to make any excuses," Ryan, deputising for the suspended Johnny Sexton, added.
"We must have been distracted a little bit by something. We were a little bit off. I just thought our attack wasn't where it needed to be, it wasn't as cohesive or as fluid as it usually is," Ryan explained.
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