John Connolly
John Connolly
John Connollyis an Irish writer who is best known for his series of novels starring private detective Charlie Parker...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth31 May 1968
CountryIreland
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Leicester scored a couple of tries against the run of play and that turned the match. They are a very good side and like us, will be determined to show their true colours on Saturday. It will be a tough contest, that is for sure.
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Olly's situation is one classic case of where the club and country situation here can work against a player and his club coach,
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One hundred and eighteen Tests and I think he is one of Australia's great players -- he will be one of the first people I meet with over the next day or so.
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Like everyone else, he has things to prove to make the side, but I think he is one of Australia's great players and at the moment we only have two or three certain selections in the team.
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I find that I take a great deal of pleasure knowing I get up people's noses to some degree.
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I feel that I'll be buried in Ireland and don't think I'll ever live in the U.S. I'm not comfortable with many aspects of U.S. society - especially the justice system.
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When you get away from selecting your best players, that's when you have problems. Australia demands you pick your best in a Test team. It's different at a lower level, then sometimes other factors come into it, but a Test team should be your best available.
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We all want to be in the same position as New Zealand, whose dilemma for the World Cup will be which players should be left out of their squad.
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Writers are magpies by nature, always collecting shiny things, storing them away and looking for connections of things.
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There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that way. All you have is language. Why write beneath yourself? It's an act of respect for the reader as much as yourself.
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We were disappointed with our performance against Bristol in terms of the handling errors and poor execution,
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Financially, we were stuck. We got to the point where you go on the road and are lucky to even break even. What is really the point?
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It is vital that we give guys like (Pieter) Dixon and (James) Hudson games as we will need them when the autumn internationals start.
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It's 13 weeks until the first Wallaby team of the year is picked and a lot will come into consideration.