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Article: COUNTY Wexford is renowned for being the heart of the sunny south east, and one of its favourite sons was beaming with pride after Wednesday night's game against South Africa at Thomond Park.
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- Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- September 10, 2009
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Doyle savours 'privilege' of Irish captaincy and sets sights on Italian job
COUNTY Wexford is renowned for being the heart of the sunny south east, and one of its favourite sons was beaming with pride after Wednesday night's game against South Africa at Thomond Park.
Giovanni Trapattoni's decision to award the captaincy to Kevin Doyle, the first man from Wexford to skipper his country, gave the player, his family and friends a huge boost.
Doyle is just a week away from his 26th birthday, on September 18, but that vote of confidence from the Irish boss was the icing on the cake. Last Saturday week, he finally played a full 90 minutes for Wolves, ...