"Ulster veteran takes centre stage 10 years after Twickenham introduction This weekend marks the ten-year anniversary of Stuart McCloskey's first cap. That he will return to Twickenham, where it all began, as Ireland's most valuable player is a full circle moment for a man who has had to patiently bide his time. It took McCloskey 21 months after that 2016 round three Six Nations defeat to England to play for Ireland again."
"At the time, there was a sense that then head coach Joe Schmidt felt there was a looseness to McCloskey's play, whereas now, rather ironically, his superb offloading game is encouraged as a point of difference under Andy Farrell."
This weekend marks the ten-year anniversary of Stuart McCloskey's first cap. He will return to Twickenham, where his international career began, as Ireland's most valuable player. The milestone represents a full circle moment after a period in which he had to patiently bide his time. He waited 21 months after the 2016 Six Nations defeat to England before earning another Ireland cap. Then-head coach Joe Schmidt judged his play to lack tightness, whereas Andy Farrell now encourages McCloskey's superb offloading game as a point of difference.
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