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The Ireland rugby team had a very special guest ahead of the World Cup

Published 18:44 6 Sept 2015 BST

Updated 20:50 6 Sept 2015 BST

Gareth Makim
The Ireland rugby team had a very special guest ahead of the World Cup

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A World Cup Bolt-er?

If the Irish rugby team needed any tips on how to become the best in the world then maybe this was the man to pass them on. Sprint king Usain Bolt, fresh off three more gold medals at the world championships in Beijing last month, visited the squad last week to speak to them ahead of their final World Cup warm-up game against England. Jamie Heaslip posted a photo, taken by Inpho's Dan Sheridan, of the squad joining the Jamaican in his famous celebratory pose. https://instagram.com/p/7Scn1ED_3h/ We'd say Bolt was pretty impressed with Sean Cronin's burst... https://twitter.com/SeanCronin2/status/640503170402250752 https://twitter.com/IrishRugby/status/640507182308552704/photo/1

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