DURING the 2012 Junior World Cup at Stellenbosch, Will Addison stood at outside-centre for England in a 20-15 win over an Ireland team that included Tadhg Furlong, Iain Henderson, Kieran Marmion and Tadhg Beirne. Now they are all in the same squad, it having been decided that a few weeks in Belfast is sufficient to complete the Sale Shark’s change from white to green. He qualifies via the ancestral route which begs the question how many, or how few, players the world over do not have an Irish grandparent?

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