Mob-handed Leinster still can’t outdo the Ospreys

IRELAND kicked off in Rome yesterday with 11 players from Leinster, a commendable effort by the perennial PRO14 champions but still some way short of the Six Nations record.At Twickenham 13 years ago, in his first game as Wales head coach, Warren Gatland started with 13 from Ospreylia. They filled every number on the starting XV save for Scarlets’ Mark Jones on the right wing and Cardiff Blues flanker Martyn Williams on openside, a position then occupied at the Ospreys by the All Black, Marty Holah.Wales, outplayed for most of the first half, came from behind to w...

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