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Sat 11 Nov 2008Proud of his game and 82 caps to show it
IRELAND v NEW ZEALAND: WHEN YOU learn that you are in, you are surprised at just how thrilled you are. Maybe it is because this is Declan Kidney's first big statement as Irish coach or maybe it is because this is the All-Blacks.
But you get this adrenaline kick, this big gust of nerves and anticipation shooting through you and it reminds you of 10 years ago, when Warren Gatland threw you in against the Springboks and it was all new.
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