Meanings of irish midfield in English

The gifted 20-year-old has been by some distance the pick of the Irish midfield.

Dave, a centre, won the vast majority of his caps alongside Brendan Mullin in the Irish midfield.

Earls will start alongside Luke Fitzgerald in an all- Irish midfield partnership while Stephen Ferris will also make his Lions debut.

Mainly, though, this was tight, unforgiving and physical stuff from two muscular teams, with Glenn Whelan leading a robust Irish midfield effort.

Sloppiness in the Irish midfield, when no one picked up Clifford Byrne's clearance, cost Ireland a second goal six minutes after the break.

The next time Christy Moore entertains the Irish squad, as he's done before, Lanigan's Ball would seem particularly apt with the Irish midfield in mind.

It would facilitate burying Serge Betsen and co at the bottom of rucks and then you can look to exploit the obvious Irish midfield creativity.

So says half of the duo who complied a record amount of caps in the Irish midfield between 2004 and 2014.