Ireland XV boss Cullie Tucker has called on his players to embrace whatever challenges might come their way as they face up to an England ‘A’ side in Thomond Park this Friday evening. “You have to walk towards and embrace it in these weeks,” said Tucker. You walk through on a Monday and you're on the pitch, Tuesday, Wednesday, it's a Friday night game. You’ve got to make sure that they're prepared to train each day and get the max out of the training. But looking at the [England] squad, there's a lot of powerful athletes in there and plenty of pace on the wings.
