Robert Baloucoune making most of unexpected Ireland chance 

Think how Robert Baloucoune must have felt when he was picked to start on the wing for Ireland against South Africa in November of 2022. Imagine the pictures his mind must have painted as he scanned the road ahead.

The Ulster wing was 25 and this third cap was his biggest chance yet with James Lowe injured and the world champions in town. It never really happened for him that day, or against Fiji a week later.

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