[tps_header]Ireland are set to take on Canada this Saturday in Toronto with the Canadians in good form, fresh off the back of consecutive victories over Fiji and Tonga. Ahead of the game, the Irish squad were put through their paces at the Mattamy Athletic Center in Toronto by Less Kiss and Joe Schmidt. A few of the lads -including the Tallest Man In Rugby® - even tried their hands at basketball. With mixed results. [/tps_header]
Well, it's not Carton House, but it'll have to do. Ian Madigan leads a drill in the Mattamy Athletic Center in Toronto.
Stuart Olding was the first to try this basketball lark. Check that out for a concentration face.
Joe Schmidt and team manager Michael Kearney strategise by the courtside. Canada are up to 13th in the latest IRB rankings, just five positions below Ireland.
This is a website called balls.ie. Does what it says on the tin.
Les Kiss does what coaches do best. Plenty of standing and pointing with a clipboard and whistle. Baseball cap optional.
Isaac Boss runs the ball during a drill.
The Tallest Man In Rugby auditions for game 3 of the NBA finals. LeBron take note.
Ireland captain Peter O'Mahony during the training session.
Paddy Jackson shows Less Kiss how it's done while Stuart Olding appears to have aged about forty years since the beginning of the training session on the evidence of this photo.
Picture credits: Brendan Moran / SPORTSFILE
