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12th August 2015
11:24am BST

Talk, naturally enough, turned to the Rugby World Cup and Ireland's chances.
While O'Connell told the Irish Independent before the event that 'it would be fair' to place Ireland with the tournament favourites, he was slightly more coy in front of an audience. Ireland, he stated, are in a good place and will be aiming for a best ever performance at the World Cup.
He commented, 'Some of my best memories are at the World Cup... most of them are 2003, when I wasn't even a regular.'
O'Connell added, 'We’ve been quite good at playing under pressure in recent years mainly because we don’t get distracted by the enormity of some of the games. We have a big focus on what we’ve got to do each week and the pressure is almost more on knowing your role and performing your role than there is on the bigger distraction of the game or the consequences of the result.'
There was still time for O'Connell to be presented with a cap, from Diageo, for his services to the national team.
'I hope it fits,' O'Connell joked.
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