Jack McGrath insists exciting times lie ahead for Ireland and Leinster and hopes to combine with Cian Healy so they become ‘the best two looseheads in the world’Interview almost over and the issue of both Jack McGrath and Cian Healy staying at the one club raises its head – as in,three-year Leinster contract extensions for each when it would be reasonable to believe they might want to disappear in opposite directions. It is strange for players of that quality to be contesting the same position for club as well as country.
Their quality is not an issue. Healy is already a Lion, having gone to Australia in 2013 only to be crocked before he got warmed up. And whether the tour to fresh Zealand was this summer instead of 2017, and McGrath would be one of the first names in the squad. At 26 and with 27 caps to his name,you wonder how good he will be when that squad is being selected. The strange thing for such an unassuming fella is how quick he is to declare his intentions.
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Source: theguardian.com