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IRELAND NEWS: THIS WEEK in Limerick has been about introspection for an extended Ireland rugby squad, an acclimatisation process centring on implementation of new ideas and the development of playing parameters that will take the national squad through three November Tests, against Canada, New Zealand and Argentina.

For the new coaching team under the baton of Declan Kidney it represented an opportunity to appraise the players on patterns of play, introducing new systems and call structures. The emphasis was very much inward looking with only a rudimentary acknowledgement of tomorrow week's match against Canada at Thomond Park.