“When I first got in the squad, I was just there because I was a young lad. I hadn’t really done a lot but I’d played okay and was maybe someone for the future. I feel I have improved a lot in those five or six years, and that was probably what can be frustrating. But now here’s an opportunity for me to stop complaining and start playing well.”
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Darren Cave has voiced his frustration in the past about his lack of Ireland game-time but he is ready to take his chance now.
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