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Ireland debutants, from left, Ciaran Frawley, Calvin Nash and Tom Stewart during an Ireland rugby captain's run, at Aviva Stadium. (Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile)[/caption]
"One of the lads said, in the session this afternoon, he was tasting the salmon he had for lunch! But that is brought about through hard rugby work rather than, let's say, an aimless task to make you vomit."Henderson was part of the 2015 and 2019 World Cup squads, with bigger pressure and focus on Ireland in that latter tournament due to them peaking at World No.1 weeks out from the tournament, their 2018 Grand Slam and claiming World Rugby Team of the Year, nine months after that. "In 2019 we obviously felt," Henderson starts, before stopping to mull the question. "We were obviously a good team - we had decent players and a bunch of good results behind us - but I'm not 100% sure if we went in best prepared for that World Cup. "And I'm not 100% what was behind it, or what it was down to. Be it the structure of that World Cup or our lead-up into it. That was discussed a lot with Faz, with the physios, S&C staff, other rugby coaches, players, nutritionists, everyone from a whole range, all to ensure he could nail this one." Related Articles:
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