Sport briefs: Danny's the boy

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England), March 13, 2008

RUGBY UNION England defence coach Mike Ford believes Danny Cipriani will relish the heavy-duty work in Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash against Ireland at Twickenham.

By replacing fly-half icon Jonny Wilkinson, Cipriani also takes over from arguably the toughest-tackling number 10 in Test rugby.

Ford said: "At times he might switch, but 80 or 90% of the time he will be defending at 10.

"The key thing for me is that he fronts up in that channel. With Shane Horgan playing there, we know where Ireland are going to come. Danny is going to relish it and take it on."

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