Dan Sheehan urges Ireland to attack Scotland clash with ‘all guns blazing’

Ireland hooker Dan Sheehan is hungry to regain his starting role following a remarkable comeback from a six-month injury absence.

The 26-year-old celebrated his return to Test rugby by coming off the bench to claim what proved to be the decisive try in last weekend’s 27-22 Guinness Six Nations bonus-point win over England.

A week earlier, he touched down twice for Leinster in his first competitive outing since tearing his ACL last summer during Ireland’s drawn series against world champions South Africa.

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Sheehan has taken confidence from those two performances as he aims to challenge provincial team-mate Ronan Kelleher for his country’s number-two jersey going into Sunday’s round-two visit to Scotland.

“Obviously my ambitions are to get back into a starting jersey, like everyone else’s,” he told reporters.

“But I need to manage the load, going from six months out of the game to three weeks in a row.

“It’s not up to me picking the team, we’ll find out over the next few days, but my ambition is to get back starting.

“It’s just nice being back with the lads, being back involved in those big games, feeling those nerves and that anxiety before a game.

How the table looks after the first round of Guinness Men's Six Nations action!!