Six Nations 2025: The ‘rugby student’ stepping up to lead Ireland’s hat-trick bid
Easterby has become the legend of Welsh Club Rugby, but he is also very good in his green career.
He rejected Clav Woodward’s invitation to participate in England, and he chose Ireland. He won 65 hats. By the 2008 Santa Patrick Festival announced his retirement, he was the country’s most closed wing.
His first debut in Scotland in six countries in 2000. This is one of the five new faces introduced by Irish owner’s Warren Gatland-and Ronan O’Gara (Ronan O’Gara) and Ronan O’Gara. , Peter Stringer, Shane Horgan, and John Hayes, introduced England after 50-18 Thumping.
Easterby played a complete game, Ireland won the 44-22 championship and retained the remaining championship.
However, he is not always the first player. At the World Cup in Australia in 2003, he was on the edge of Eddie Ozullivan, but became a successful story in a familiar Irish accident. The story is in the quarter -finals The exit is over.
From there, Istby became one of the most trustworthy lieutenants in O’Sullivan.
Chris Henry, one of the successors of Easterby, said: “As you expect in the back row, he is a strong body, but you can see He is a smarter athlete. ”
“He and David Wallace and Neil Best are part of that class of the class.”
Two years after the World Cup, Ozullivan was injured to Brian O’Driscoll and Paul O’Connell to Brian O’Driscoll, and handed him to him 2005 in 2005 Captain of the autumn series.
For him, it was a particularly important year. In addition to seizing his lion opportunity (this was injured after the compatriot of the Hats of Apel Fast Academy), he also had a former Wales International Elgan Rees (Elgan Rees). The host and daughter of the TV show, Sarra Elgan Rees.