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Picture Best (far left) - inexperienced. (Getty Images)

SIMON BEST

Born: 21.04.77
Height: 6ft 1in
Weight: 17st 8lb
Position: Prop
Club: Ulster
Caps: 3
Points: 0

Best travels Down Under having made his debut just four short months ago against Tonga.

The Ulster man has been a regular at Under-21 and Under-25 levels for years, though, and has long been highly-regarded in Ireland.

May be confined to bench duty for long periods, but the experience of such a massive tournament will be invaluable for Best.




Team Sections
Pool A Standings
Australia 18
Ireland 15
Argentina 10
Romania 5
Namibia 0
Ireland Fixtures
45-17 v Romania
64-7 v Namibia
16-15 v Argentina
16-17 v Australia
21-43 v France
Player Profiles
Simon Best
Shane Byrne
Reggie Corrigan
Victor Costello
Girvan Dempsey
Neil Doak
Guy Easterby
Simon Easterby
Anthony Foley
Keith Gleeson
John Hayes
Denis Hickie
Marcus Horan
Anthony Horgan
Shane Horgan
David Humphreys
John Kelly
Gary Longwell
Kevin Maggs
Eric Miller
Donnacha O'Callaghan
Paul O'Connell
Brian O'Driscoll
Ronan O'Gara
Malcolm O'Kelly
Alan Quinlan
Frank Sheahan
Peter Stringer
Paddy Wallace
Keith Wood (c)
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Canada
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Fiji
France
Georgia
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Namibia
New Zealand
Romania
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Scotland
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