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Ireland Rugby
National World Cup Development?
The new National World Cup Development programme will show itself on Saturday when Ulster meet Magners League leaders Leinster, Ulster will be without three Internationals for the game!
Paddy Wallace is not allowed to play, Stephen Ferris is (from the bench!), Andrew Trimble is while nobody is quite sure about Tom Court! All four players are part of the new IRFU professional players World Cup 2011 policy – which will restrict the number of games they can play in a season.
The World Cup is two years away, coupled with the fact that some players who are part of this might not even get into the side (judging by some of Ireland’s young talent) by that time means this policy is raising a few eyebrows!
Watch out for more hiccups and confusion on this subject over the next two years!