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27th April 2016
11:37am BST

"It is all about rhythm and timing in Irish dance, and so it is for the running back as well. "Here I am always on my toes, and I really love it because it builds my lower body muscles and my calf muscles. I am more explosive on the field. As a running back you want to have that lower body strength and that footwork, and this is perfect place to get it."Bizarrely, Collins likes to go by his dancing alias of Mitchell Finlay. Sounds like an extra from that Murder She Wrote episode where Jessica Fletcher rocked up in Ireland with her typewriter and suspicious nature. We want to see the likes of Joe Schmidt, Jim Gavin and Eamon Fitzmaurice introduce Irish dancing classes for their sports stars. Get a flash shirt and steel-heeled pair of kicks on Kieran Donaghy and watch him go!
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