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Stockdale aims to fill the void at full-back

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The Rugby Paper Team
29 November 2020

By DECLAN ROONEY

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ROB Kearney’s retirement from Test rugby robbed Ireland of a full-back with 98 caps, including three for the Lions, but Ulsterman Jacob Stockdale hopes to go one step closer to ending the debate about his successor against Georgia today.
Inexperienced youngster Hugo Keenan got the nod to start in the 15 shirt for last week’s 18-7 defeat to England at Twickenham, but it was his replacement Stockdale who caught the eye with his try-scoring salvo off the bench.
The 24-year-old will win his 31st...

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