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WHY BRIAN GLEESON IS A NAME TO CONJURE WITH

IRELAND’S BACK-TO-BACK U20 Grand Slams have turned heads. They averaged 48 points a game this year, displaying a heady mix of Leinster attacking flair, uncompromising Munster attitude, the guile of a Connacht counter-attack and the tenacity of workmanlike yet precise Ulster.

In trying to pick a ‘next gen’ player, you have your work cut out. But in Brian Gleeson, 19, Ireland

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