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GALLERY: Tonight's Off The Ball roadshow is loaded with England-Ireland veterans

Tonight Off The Ball will storm the Mansion House in Dublin with a sold-out Six Nations Outside B...
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13.01 25 Feb 2015


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GALLERY: Tonight's Off...

GALLERY: Tonight's Off The Ball roadshow is loaded with England-Ireland veterans

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13.01 25 Feb 2015


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Tonight Off The Ball will storm the Mansion House in Dublin with a sold-out Six Nations Outside Broadcast and it'll be a bumper crop of England-Ireland veterans who take the stage ahead of this Sunday's clash.

Led by regular Off The Ball guest presenter Brian O'Driscoll, fellow former Ireland stars include Keith Wood, Mick Galwey and Kevin Maggs, while current international Andrew Trimble will also feature.

Former England and Leicester Tigers flanker Neil Back is a welcome (no, really) guest, as will Off The Ball stalwart Gerry Thornley of The Irish Times parish.

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We take a jog down memory lane to relive some of this evening's protagonists' glory days in a storied fixture. 


Neil Back runs into Keith Wood as David Wallace (7) watches on during Six Nations 2001 ©INPHO/Patrick Bolger 

Wood breaks through the tackle of Back to score Ireland's try in the same game at Lansdowne Road ©INPHO/Andrew Paton

Kevin Maggs is tackled by Jonny Wilkinson again in 2001 ©INPHO/Patrick Bolger

Mick Galwey scores a try despite the efforts of Tony Underwood at Five Nations 1993 ©INPHO/Billy Stickland

Andrew Trimble hands off Chris Robshaw during Six Nations 2012 at Twickenham ©INPHO/Billy Stickland

Brian O'Driscoll and a stoic John Hayes during the national anthem at Six Nations 2007 in Croke Park ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan


And while The Irish Times' Gerry Thornley may not have game-time under his belt, he's got Paul O'Connell's back, as seen here last month ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan


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