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25th October 2020
02:27pm GMT

"The lads have been giving me a good bit of stick, James Lowe especially. It is a nice to get that off my back."https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/1320028800206462978 Lowe, his Leinster teammate, will be Irish-qualified in time for the Autumn Nations Cup but Keenan has made the best possible start to his Test career and will hope to front up again when Andy Farrell's side take on France next weekend. Also likely to be in the mix is another Leinster teammate, Will Connors. The Kildare native won the TV accolade for Man of the Match and also scored highly in our player ratings.
"[Making my debut with Will] was incredible. He is one of my best mates, probably my best mate in rugby, so it was so cool. Our dads get on very well together and there is a good connection between the families. "We made our European Cup debut at the same time against Saracens a month ago so we have come through the ranks together. It's really special to see him go so well and get man of the match with so many tackles and do what he does best. He deserves it."The incredible journey of Keenan and Connors has taken a quick-step since rugby returned in August. The season will plough on after the Six Nations finalé, next weekend, but both players will be entitled to stop and smell the roses if Ireland can do the incredibly difficult and win in bonus point style next Saturday in Paris.
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