Ireland fighting fit as they rise to third in world

Ireland fighting fit as they rise to third in world: "Things are getting giddy again. Eventually subduing the team ranked 15th in the world 49-7 after labouring a tad to a 9-0 lead at half-time wouldn’t normally be the springboard for world supremacy, but defeats for England and Australia over the weekend contrived to leave Ireland third in the IRB world rankings behind New Zealand and South Africa.
Having also emerged unscathed from a six tries to one win over Georgia, Joe Schmidt can now recall ten players from the win over South Africa who were excused duty yesterday. He can also call on an 11th in Jack McGrath who remained in his tracksuit, two more who were limited to replacement cameos and another in Mike Ross who was hauled off after 45 minutes."



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