AS IRELAND’S FINAL game of the November series edges closer, Joe Schmidt’s squad were finalising their preparations for the visit of Australia this morning.
The dense fog that has engulfed much of the country may have made training that bit trickier but certainly allowed the snappers to use all of their photographic ingenuity….
Provincial allegiances aside, Felix Jones and Ian Madigan arrive for training
The high-vis boots sported by Conor Murray and Peter O’Mahony come in handy on days like these
Rodney Ah You doesn’t look best pleased with the weather
Rob Kearney will once again start at full-back against the Wallabies
The squad assembles before the session
Jonny Sexton pining for the Parisian climate
The forwards go through the motions
Dublin may be in for some new training regimes after Jim Gavin was an interested spectator
It was all smiles for Joe Schmidt and Simon Zebo
The fog made it difficult to see from one side of the pitch to another
Paul O’Connell will edge closer to a century of Ireland caps on Saturday
Sean Cronin did well to spot his line-out target let alone find him with pinpoint accuracy
Visibility was so poor you can’t even see Gordon D’Arcy’s kicking partner
“Hello, anybody over there?”
These scenes reminded us of South Africa’s visit to Croke Park in 2009
