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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Sport
Michael Scully

Josh van der Flier tackles Triple Crown task after he was there as a kid for last one on Irish soil

Josh van der Flier was an excited kid in the crowd the last time Ireland won the Triple Crown on Lansdowne Road.

The year was 2004, Scotland were the visitors and van der Flier was a wide-eyed 10-year-old rugby fanatic.

"We’d been to a few games before that, me and my dad," said the Wicklow man. "I can’t remember how often we went but we went a few times when I was younger.

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