That’s also why his Test debut hasn’t come sooner. As Farrell showed in naming Paddy McCarthy on the bench against the All Blacks in Chicago, youth and lack of game time is no bar to a Test debut in his mind. Edwin Edogbo and Tadhg Beirne in Ireland rugby squad training in the Algarve. Focus on the moment now and then what will be, will be.”Were his Ireland debut to come to pass next week it would complete a memorable fortnight for the Edogbo family. Until he was 13, Edogbo played Gaelic football, soccer and tennis, before catching the rugby bug at 13.

Source: The Irish Times January 30, 2026 10:31 UTC