It’s a catch 22, I do and I don’t.”Įven if he isn’t making the cut himself, there continues to be a strong Leinster contingent within the Ireland squad.
You do miss it when you’re watching it like that, but then I do like having free weekends as well. Whether it’s going to The Shelbourne and having your walk-through the day of the game and then going to see the Aviva. “I do kind of miss that and the build-up to an international. All the celebrations and being part of the squad and all that sort of stuff,” Toner acknowledged. I do kind of enjoy having the weekend off to have a look at it and watch it, but then you see afterwards and you remember going back to The Shelbourne.
While there is a part of him that would dearly love to add to the 70 senior international caps he has accrued to date, the 35-year-old Meath native can also see a personal upside to not being involved. He featured in the opening three rounds of the Championship, but hasn’t been included for any of the 16 games Ireland have played during the Covid-19 pandemic. DEVIN TONER HAS admitted to becoming a somewhat conflicted viewer of Ireland’s international Tests in recent times.Ī shock omission from Joe Schmidt’s squad for the 2019 World Cup in Japan, the Leinster lock was subsequently recalled to the national camp by Andy Farrell for the following year’s Six Nations.