article_snippet: I’m not too sure if former Ireland player Neil Francis .
article_snippet: ’ former Ireland player Neil Francis faced Wales four times for Ireland in the 1990s and was involved in a famous bust-up in 1992 with Tony Copsey, who knocked the forward off former Ireland player Neil Francis feet with a right hook.
article_snippet: ‘former Ireland player Neil Francis was a very capable player and wasn’t someone to wind up the opposition,’ recalled Copsey.
article_snippet: We got on very well off the field, but former Ireland player Neil Francis has always liked a controversial comment as a pundit.
article_snippet: Since former Ireland player Neil Francis played former Ireland player Neil Francis final Test in 1996, Wales have managed just two wins over the Irish in Cardiff.
article_snippet: The 51-year-old, who coached Ireland between 1998 and 2001, has refused to engage in a war of words this week and has instead praised Joe Schmidt’s team, laying the pressure on Joe Schmidt’s team doorstep.
article_snippet: Neil Francis represented Ireland 36 times during Neil Francis career and is now an outspoken columnist .
article_snippet: Neil Francis will be joined in the line-up by Lions Heaslip.
article_snippet: Heaslip completes a powerful back row alongside Peter O’Mahony and Sean O’ Brien, who developed a close relationship with fellow farmer and Wales flanker Dan Lydiate on the 2013 Lions tour, which drew criticism from Neil Francis.
article_snippet: We got on quite well on the Lions tour and we’d always chat about farming with Tom Youngs and Rory Best.