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8th March 2016
10:10am GMT

"I think his cameo the last day in the 15 minutes went particularly well for him. It didn’t look like it was his first cap, it looked like a guy who had played 30 or 40 caps, he looked that comfortable. "I hope that his time is coming and that he can reproduce because I think his stock certainly went up on the back of his 15 minutes the last day but again, he’s very humble and he knows that he’s got a lot to do. If he wasn’t starting, I don’t think he’ll be too disappointed."Carolan has been impressed with how quickly Dillane as adapted to the step-up in level and praised his hard work on, and away, from the training field.
Ireland winger Andrew Trimble believes Dillane and Ireland's other recent debutants - Josh van der Flier and Stuart McCloskey - all gave a good account of themselves.
It’s a good buzz to have a combination of a few experienced players with one or two young fellas coming in... All of a sudden we have three new internationals there who are really going hard at it. All at the top of their game.
"It just creates more camaraderie, competition for places and that’s a healthy environment to be in."
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