"Ireland are a formidable team - they were superior to us and deserve a place in the World Cup, " he said.
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They might well have taken the second Test too had they played more positively, and there is no doubt that, on their own soil, they are a formidable team in both forms of the game.
The ARS system, backstopped by that formidable sounding team, worked very well.
Djokovic aside, Serbia has also produced Janko Tipsarevic and Viktor Troicki, who are both ranked in the top 50 on the ATP tour, giving them a formidable Davis Cup team.
There the U.S. won its fourth straight Davis Cup tie away on clay over France, while the team's formidable doubles pairing of the Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike, returned to the club last week to defend their doubles title.
But as a team their opponents look formidable.
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As a team, Davis and Glasenberg were formidable with complementary skills.
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Despite strength at the Euro-core being formidable, the core is but one member and not a team.
But any team that includes Williams will be the team to beat, despite the potential for some formidable foes.
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Seve won 91 tournaments in a 33-year career and was a crucial part of Europe's Ryder Cup team during much of the 1980s and 1990s, forming a formidable partnership with fellow Spaniard Jose Maria Olazabal.
Hutton and Edrich appeared in 35 Tests together, but remarkably, and to the immense detriment of the England team and its supporters, this was the only time this formidable XI took the field in a Test.
Team captain Blair agrees that the new-look All Blacks will be formidable opponents, but expects to give them a tough time at Murrayfield.
When our union team were slaughtered 76-0 in Australia, we were able to build up a formidable reputation through playing reputable northern (and even some southern) hemisphere teams home and away, but avoiding the 'big three' of the southern hemisphere on their own turf.
Their next challenge is a formidable autumn series at the Millennium Stadium when they face Australia, South Africa, 2007 World Cup bogey team Fiji and New Zealand.
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