James Ryan is relishing the 'huge honour' of captaining Ireland from the start for the first time when he leads his country against England at Twickenham on Saturday. A former Ireland U-20s captain, this is seen as the natural next step for Ryan, who is the front-runner to lead Ireland at the next World Cup in France in 2023. "(It's a) Huge honour for me, so I'm looking for it and probably the great thing about it is I won't be on my own,” Ryan said. "Yeah of course we’re going to need intensity obviously," Ryan added. "Set-piece and defence is massive for us this week, it’s huge at this level, especially away from home.

Source: Irish Independent November 17, 2020 13:34 UTC