Standing on the shoulders of green giants.
Ireland will need to pull off their best performance of the Six Nations championship so far, and then some, to topple an undefeated English side with their tails considerably up.
Joe Schmidt has selected two uncapped players to face England and has another, Ultan Dillane, in reserve.
Only Stuart McCloskey, who starts inside centre, was born when Mick Galwey powered over the tryline and rocked the English in 1993. Josh van der Flier was born a month later.
The latest RTÉ promo for Ireland’s upcoming match [4:50pm kick-off on Saturday] features that try from Gaillimh and Simon Geoghegan’s ripper from 1994. Ultan Dillane was four months old when Geoghegan whizzed that one in.
And the lads were all experiencing the voice-breaking craic that accompanied their early teens when Shane Horgan plucked a Ronan O’Gara high ball out of the North Dublin sky and sent Croke Park into raptures.
Some general election intro to get through but then the nostalgic fun begins. Enjoy.
