The other Woodmont qualifiers were David Denham, Craig Barlow, James Driscoll, Clint Jensen, Rob Rashell, Brandt Snedeker, Omar Uresti, DJ Brigman, Ryuji Imada, John Mallinger, David Oh, Lee Williams, Michael Putnam, Ian Leggatt, David Hearn, Franklin Langham and Matthew Every.

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Trimble looked as though he might finish off the move himself in the left corner but the Irish had numbers on the opposite flank and Heaslip ran in the score after quick hands from Brian O'Driscoll, Gordon D'Arcy and David Wallace.

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But his greatest legacy was arguably introducing O'Driscoll, as well as other stalwarts such as Ronan O'Gara and David Wallace, to international rugby.

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