The 25-year-old remains stuck on two caps after being released from World Cup camp.
GAVIN COOMBES WILL turn 26 in four months’ time and he must be wondering when, or if, things are going to take off for him with Ireland.
Caelan Doris, who is four months younger than Coombes, now has 29 caps and is one of Ireland’s key players. And herein lies much of the issue for Coombes. Not only does he have the brilliant Doris ahead of him, but there’s also the excellent Jack Conan, who has played for Ireland 39 times and has three Lions Test caps.
It would have been easy for Coombes to feel sorry for himself but he responded superbly, notably stepping up his performances with Munster. His number of involvements in games grew and grew, with Coombes regularly topping the charts for carries, tackles, and ruck contributions. He would have desperately hoped for just one chance on the pitch to show what he can do, a late opportunity to highlight to Farrell and co. that he has something different to offer, but it hasn’t come. The fact that he was left out of the matchday 23 for the Italy clash two weekends ago, when Ireland shook things up, didn’t bode well and now he has been cut from the squad before the second warm-up game against England on Saturday.
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