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
doubt effort forward liked
And there is no doubt our forward effort was not what we would have liked it to have been, and they know they have to be much better on Saturday.
biggest problems pursuits
Pursuits are probably one of the biggest problems for agencies.
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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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I am focused on the positives - Super 14 provides the opportunity to look at more players than we have in the past with greater competition for places.
believe game good
I believe that this is a good game for us to be playing,
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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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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,
deal great noses
I find that I take a great deal of pleasure knowing I get up people's noses to some degree.
aspects buried society
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.
capable next position putting sides squad year
They are the only squad capable of putting out two sides that can take on anyone, but they have been in this position before in the run-up to World Cups. It is next year which matters, not now.
autumn games guys hudson vital
It is vital that we give guys like (Pieter) Dixon and (James) Hudson games as we will need them when the autumn internationals start.
picked team until weeks year
It's 13 weeks until the first Wallaby team of the year is picked and a lot will come into consideration.
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With the injuries that we have in the back three at the moment it was important that we brought in a player of quality and experience and Salesi Finau fits that bill exactly. He has performed consistently well for Llanelli over the past seven seasons and he is looking forward to getting out there on Saturday.