Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Forget Paris record: Kearney

Full-back urges players to believe in their ability



Ireland full-back Rob Kearney has told his team-mates to focus on the job in hand when they travel to France on Sunday.

The Irish make their second trip to Paris following the late cancellation of the match two weeks ago, in the knowledge they have won there only once in 40 years. Kearney insists it is critical they do not become overwhelmed by the burden of past failures, instead adopting a more routine approach.

"I don't think we need to do something special. That's where we fall down sometimes when we play in France," said the Leinster back. "We look at our record and it doesn't fill us with confidence, so maybe we feel as though we have to try something different there.

"Where we have always fallen down in France is that we've had a very poor start, giving up a big lead 20-30 minutes into the game. "When you're playing a team of the calibre of France you can't do that and expect to win.

"We always put together a well-rounded second-half performance, but more often than not it's too late. "This weekend it's hugely important that we don't give them that start." - http://www1.skysports.com/



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