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27th November 2021
12:03pm GMT

"Caelan is only young in his international career, the same as Hugo Keenan, etcetera," Ireland head coach Andy Farrell reflected, "but they're learning how to prepare better and learning how to get the best out of themselves and their team-mates throughout the week. "It looks like he's been around for a long time and he's certainly playing with maturity because he's starting to get what it takes, as far as preparation is concerned, to be a top-class international player."On the latest House of Rugby episode [LISTEN from 11:40 below], hosts Seán O'Brien and Alex Goode reflected on the Autumn Nations Series and selected their best players from the past month of action. [caption id="attachment_242025" align="aligncenter" width="640"]
Caelan Doris pictured at the Aviva Stadium after Ireland's victory over Argentina. (Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile)[/caption]
"For me, the player of this autumn was Caelan Doris. I'd say that not many people would have named him as a household name, beforehand. He's new enough to the international scene, and the way he's played has been just brilliant. "He's come into the Leinster and Ireland set-up and just gone up, and up, and up. He had someone [Seán O'Brien] in his way that was taking his time to retire and getting in his way! And look how well he's doing now."
"If I was to go for a guy that has most impressed me, though, I'd probably pick [Wales flanker] Taine Basham. I knew what Caelan was about and it was just a matter of time, once he came on to the scene, like he has at this international level over the last few weeks against the bigger teams.""Basham, for me," he added, "because he's almost come out of nowhere and now he's an international players at a very high level. He's someone that's going to be very important for Wales." WATCH THAT FULL SHOW HERE:
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