Irish player Denis Leamy says his team will not make the same mistake from last RWC - Rugby News
Ireland's blind-side flanker, Denis Leamy, has expressed his hopes that his team will not repeat the same errors they committed during the last world showpiece. Ireland was considered one of the favourites to lift the Rugby World Cup 2007 but unfortunately
they could not even exceed the round matches.
Talking to journalists on August 3, Leamy said that the Irish side is making all possible efforts to avert their bad luck from 2007. Ireland received two major defeats in the pool matches by the host team France and Argentina and were sent home.
Leamy has been playing for his national side since 2004 and has interestingly scored just two tries in his seven-year long career. However, the blind-side flanker has never been criticised for his low scoring as his position demands more solid defence than
attacking instincts.
Another interesting aspect of club rugby career is his 30 tries for Munster. He started off his club rugby with Munster in 2002 and has scored 150 points only on tries. Talking to the reporters Leamy said that, “We prepared really well in 2007. We had a
great pre-season and were in really great shape. We just weren't battle-hardened enough in terms of matches. Before I'd played my first game in 2007, I'd been on the pitch for possibly 30 minutes. With the number of warm-up games we have, lads could have possibly
three to four matches played this time.”
Talking about his own preparations for the RWC 2011, the Irish player said that he has been working on his techniques which would help him better show during the global stall. Leamy pointed out that one of reasons behind their failure in France was that
of less warm-up matches and large injuries.
He shifted his conversation and said that, “There was a such a big build-up and it didn't help that we openly stated we want to reach the semis and final. When that didn't happen it was used as a stick to beat us with.”
The upcoming Rugby World Cup is being impatiently awaited by players and supporters throughout the world.
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