Devin Toner not surprised as Farrell sticks with tried and trusted in initial squad via IrishTimesSport
This week it was Kleyn, who had played so well against Stormers in Munster’s United Rugby Championship win last weekend in Cape Town, that was left out of the 42 players Irish coach Andy Farrell announced in a summer training squad for the World Cup.“I didn’t really know what I was expecting. Faz [Farrell], he stuck with a lot of people, a lot of lads who have done him well over the last year or so.
There is an argument that loyalty to players can be a weakness. When Warren Gatland was parachuted in to replace Wayne Pivac in the Wales coaching job for this year’s Six Nations Championship, his default position was to select old hands, who he had relied upon in the past. While loyalty was baked into Farrell’s selection cake, he hasn’t recalled old soldiers. The players he has picked are the ones who have been performing and winning for him.
“Oh yeah, absolutely, the whole shebang, yeah, ‘keep fit, you’re still in our minds, we’re still thinking of you, there’s always going to be an injury, keep your passport ready’, and I was keeping ready,” says Toner of 2019.
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