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Letters

Getting a grip in Japan

Wed Oct 9 2019 - 00:03

Sir, – As mittens are deemed legal in Rugby Union, I wonder why Ireland haven’t used them in view of the slippery condition of the ball caused by the humid conditions. – Yours, etc,

EDDIE TEEHAN,

Blackrock,

Co Dublin.

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