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26th Oct 2018

Will Addison shows exactly why Ireland picked him with ridiculous break

Jack O'Toole

Ulster centre Will Addison was one of three uncapped players selected in Joe Schmidt’s 42-man Autumn international squad on Wednesday.

Addison joined Leinster’s Ross Byrne and Munster’s Sam Arnold as the only new members to join the national squad with the former Sale captain qualifying for Ireland through his Fermanagh born mother.

The 26-year-old has made an incredible start to life in Belfast after leaving Sale during the summer and he has already scored two tries through his first four matches for Dan McFarland’s side.

He continued his rich vein of form with another excellent break against the Dragons on Friday night that ultimately led to scrum-half David Shanahan’s try after winger Henry Speight had opened the scoring for the hosts after 11 minutes.

Full-back Michael Lowry added a third for Ulster just before half-time while centre and recalled Ireland midfielder Stuart McCloskey wrapped up the four-try bonus point after 49 minutes with a score of his own.

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