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Richie Murphy says there has been no additional homework for the Irish players recruited with up to eight imports who will play a role against England tomorrow.
Five: South Africans CJ Stander and Quinn Roux; New Zealanders Jamison Gibson-Park, Bundee Aki and James Lowe qualified after serving a three-year residency clause and will begin the Fall Nations Cup tie at Twickenham (3pm).
Replacements Rob Herring (South Africa), Finlay Bealham (Australia) and Billy Burns (England) have qualified through Irish grandparents.
It’s a cast that led England coach Eddie Jones to reveal that he laughed when someone in his company called them the “United Nations.”
In the wake of the 2011 Six Nations victory over England, Johnny Sexton alluded to how Irish players are more animated against the old foe, clearly viewing the inherent nature of rivalry as a virtue.
And while the FAI is investigating the circumstances of a video played before the Republic of Ireland faced England in a friendly match at Wembley last week, Murphy said Ireland’s management does not believe it is necessary to attempt to set fire to it. belly. of the eight players who did not grow up in the country.
“People are always looking for different things, but for us everything is about a test match and preparing for a test match,” he told RTÉ Sport.
“Everyone we play in, our preparation is very similar, only the little things are going to stand out.
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“There has been nothing special this week in relation to trying to strengthen these guys.
“These guys are playing for Ireland; they have made that decision to come to Ireland. They are ready to go.
“They understand some of the history and some of the background that is there, but it is not something that we have promoted at all.
“We think all of our players are Irish. They have been to the country, they are members of their local communities and we move on from there.
“They fit the group very well.
“They are taking us forward and they are contributing to the environment, they are questioning, they are giving opinions. They are working with the other guys, there is no us and them. It is Ireland as a team, as a squad.”
Andy Farrell’s team is trying to avoid a fourth straight loss to his former team.
Amid two damaging Six Nations defeats is a 57-15 record loss in a World Cup prep game in August 2019, a replay that Murphy is confident will not come to pass.
“I think it was two teams in very different stages of preseason development,” he said of the eight-shot hammering.
“I’m quite happy that we are in a different place, a different frame of mind.
“It’s a new group and people like Hugo [Keenan], Jamison, all these guys without too many caps, but with that, there is freedom in the way they play.
“That is what we will try to support this week. [To] take these guys out and let them express themselves as they see within our structure. ”
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