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19th September 2015
11:15am BST

"The two youngest fellas will have to clean the team bus. There’ll be four or five lads on music for the gym, for the team-room, the dressing room. Then there’ll be three or four for the clothing committee, and the same number charged with keeping the team room clean."O'Gara paints a picture of what life was like in a semi-feudal kingdom with a unique justice system for anyone that falls foul of the law,
"There’s the court system, and maybe a table tennis competition between management and players. Foremost is the Social Committee, which looks after everything from cinema to nights out to best venues for parties. Non-rugby distractions are just as important as the rugby after already having spent over 70 days together in pre-season."We can only imagine that the infamous 'court system' is why Paul O'Connell famously gave a team talk at the 2011 World Cup with his man done up as a cat.
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