{"id":11205,"date":"2012-06-07T10:59:17","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T08:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/update-1-rugby-zebo-fitzpatrick-to-debut-for-ireland-against-all-blacks\/"},"modified":"2012-06-07T10:59:17","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T08:59:17","slug":"update-1-rugby-zebo-fitzpatrick-to-debut-for-ireland-against-all-blacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-rugby-zebo-fitzpatrick-to-debut-for-ireland-against-all-blacks\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Rugby-Zebo, Fitzpatrick to debut for Ireland against All Blacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Two new caps for Ireland<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* O&#8217;Driscoll returns as skipper<\/p>\n<p> (Adds quotes)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Greg Stutchbury<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>AUCKLAND, June 7 (Reuters) &#8211; Winger Simon Zebo and tighthead<br \/>\nprop Declan Fitzpatrick will make their test debuts for Ireland<br \/>\non Saturday after coach Declan Kidney named his side to face New<br \/>\nZealand at Eden Park on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Centre Brian O&#8217;Driscoll, who missed the Six Nations with a<br \/>\ntrapped nerve in his neck, returns to lead the side for the<br \/>\nfirst of three test matches against the world champions.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I missed the Six Nations so I am hugely excited about<br \/>\nputting a green jersey back on,&#8221; O&#8217;Driscoll said at a media<br \/>\nconference in the team hotel on Auckland&#8217;s North Shore.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The last time was during the World Cup and that seems like<br \/>\nan eternity ago.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(But) you&#8217;re playing the world champions, after rightly<br \/>\nwinning the crown. It&#8217;s a huge challenge and a huge<br \/>\nopportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kidney said his side would need to be at the top of their<br \/>\ngame if they were too break a 107-year drought against the All<br \/>\nBlacks, but felt his young team could do it if everything<br \/>\nclicked.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Two new caps for Ireland * O&#8217;Driscoll returns as skipper (Adds quotes) By Greg Stutchbury AUCKLAND, June 7 (Reuters) &#8211; Winger Simon Zebo and tighthead prop Declan Fitzpatrick will make their test debuts for Ireland on Saturday after coach Declan Kidney named his side to face New Zealand at Eden Park on Thursday. Centre [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-11205","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}