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Article: Court: Let me at the Aussies, mate
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- November 12, 2009
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THERE is something incongruous about hearing of a desire to "get
stuck into the Aussies" when the sentiment is expressed in a clear
Australian accent.
Yet Ulster's Tom Court leaves the listener in no doubt as to his
Irishness or his pride in the fact.
Named on the bench for Sunday's Croke Park battle with Australia,
he admits he is itching to get at opponents, a number of whom he has
played with and against.
His grandfather was from Limerick, his grandmother from Co Clare.
And from the day and hour he declared himself to be in the frame to
play for Ireland he has been looking forward to facing the
Australians.
"For the best part of four years this is the game I've been
waiting for and dying ...