David McCann may be leading Ireland into this year’s U20 Six Nations as defending champions but the Grand Slam winner refuses to accept his side will be burdened by their status. Ireland may well be the nation with the target on their backs this time around but the 19-year-old skipper does not believe it is anything his team can’t handle. “Definitely not,” McCann said during a four-day training camp at the Fota Island Resort in Cork. Defending it, yeah you have a bit of that in your mind, but nothing serious. Once you add that to a talented group that we have, that’s when we really start playing.”

Source: Irish Examiner January 21, 2020 23:03 UTC