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'He's gutted, I'm gutted for him. I think the team are'
By Peter Thompson
Joe Schmidt would not be surprised to see a "stubborn" Sean O'Brien play again this year, despite suffering a broken arm in Ireland's victory over Argentina on Saturday.
The back-row spent much of last season on the sidelines with a shoulder injury and suffered another blow in the first half of a 28-17 win at the Aviva Stadium.
Ireland head coach Schmidt expects O'Brien to be fully fit by the time Ireland start the defence of their Six Nations title in February.
"He's gutted, I'm gutted for him. I think the team are," said the New Zealander.
"Actually, I thought he was just getting into his rhythm in the game."
Schmidt added: "He's already thinking about his rehab and about trying to make sure he gets back. He's got a big target in a year's time [the World Cup] that he wants to get to.
"I think I described him as a stubborn man and I think that ability to bounce back, that resilience that he has, would still give him a chance of getting back in time for toward the end of the year and then into the Six Nations."
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They did. In 2020.
Would have been WC victory with Razor in charge last year! Schmidt would have been pulled in to help Rennie and these performances would have built up last year for Aussie (instead of his incfluence helping NZ) and they would have been riding a high of returning players and league signings building to the B&I Lions and a RWC at home. And then Smchidt would have been ready to take the mantel of the All Blacks this year!
Oh how it could have been so so different if Robinson had of realised the folly in the handme down appointments policy they had back then.
Go to commentsDefinitely as Christchurch based decline if you believe some.
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