A tribute to unlucky Rory…

On the charge: Exeter’s Rory O’Loughlin powers forward against Munster
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Another week ends with another player forced to accept the grim reality that he has played his last game. Rory O’Loughlin’s premature exit from Exeter following shoulder surgery will reinforce widespread disbelief that Ireland got round to picking the 30-year-old Dubliner just once.
Picking him in a team of OCW’s (One Cap Wonders) is the very least that can be done in the circumstances, not as a sop but as a tribute. O’Loughlin’s inclusion in a three quarter line featuring a pair of grossly unde...

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