The other players released to play for their clubs in the EDF Energy Cup this weekend were Gloucester centre Olly Barkley, Leicester trio George Chuter, Jordan Crane and Dan Hipkiss, London Irish duo Shane Geraghty and Peter Richards, and Wasps prop Tim Payne.

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The singular exception to the prevailing restraint is Cillian Murphy, the young Irish actor who plays a villainous shrink named Dr. Jonathan Crane.

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