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One Irish winger has a foolproof plan to make our World Cup squad

Published 15:55 27 Aug 2015 BST

Patrick McCarry
One Irish winger has a foolproof plan to make our World Cup squad

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All the Irish lads will be doing this on Sunday.

Dave Kearney gets one last to impress Ireland coach Joe Schmidt, on Saturday, when he starts on the right wing against Wales. The Leinster back is one of eight wingers desperate to nail down an expected four slots for wide-men. Schmidt says he will be making some undesirable phone calls on Sunday but Kearney is way ahead of him. He told us, 'It's something myself and a few of the other lads were joking about. 'Just keep your phone turned off and show up at Carton House [Ireland's training base] the next day.' 'It's going to be nervous for everybody,' he adds. 'I don't know how it's going to go.' Dave Kearney 27/8/2015 Kearney has no easy task at the weekend - facing directly off against Wales' left winger George North. 'You've got to keep him in as tight as you can and not give him too much space,' says Kearney. 'He's a serious power athlete.' https://soundcloud.com/patrickscore/dave-kearney  

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One Irish winger has a foolproof plan to make our World Cup squad