Wallace, Best, Murphy sit out training in France
The Ireland Rugby World Cup squad continued their warm-weather camp today in Capbreton in South West France.
David Wallace sat out the session as the management continue to monitor his recovery from his ankle problem and Simon Best also joined him in a pitch-side rehab session as he was suffering a minor back spasm. Geordan Murphy did not train due to a dead leg that he received against Scotland.
The training session took place in warm and balmy conditions in the Parc des Sport and the team were greeted with even warmer temperatures as it hit a high of 28 degrees Celsius at the coastal resort today.
While the visiting tourists may have been enjoying the weather, the Irish team were again put through their paces as the tempo of training was upped by the coaching staff in advance of Thursday’s game against Bayonne.
Yesterday's session was purposely lower in intensity to allow the squad, and most importantly the players who played against Scotland, to acclimatise and rehab from last weekends exertions.
The team had a full contact session in blazing sunshine as they ran though their patterns for Thursday.
The team to play Bayonne will be announced tomorrow afternoon after training for a game that has reportedly been sold out with a 15,000 crowd expected and is sure to be a stern test for the Ireland selection.
Coach Eddie O’Sullivan said: "The game gives us a chance to get more game time for the squad which is what we need, so I would expect to get as many of the players who did not feature against Scotland on the park at some stage.
"Teams in this part of the world take their rugby very seriously and in front of what is expected to be a full house, we expect to get a tough game."
