in the victory<\/a> against Italy in his first game since 2 January, a relief for Izuchukwu after fearing he would need surgery earlier in the season which would rule him out of the rest of the campaign.<\/p>\n“Obviously I’ve been injured for the whole season, played like four or five games, haven’t played since early January I think,” he said.<\/p>\n
“I met a surgeon recently and I was supposed to get surgery and stuff, and said I’d give it one more shot and then all of a sudden you’re playing again, so it’s class.<\/p>\n
“It’s unbelievable. I was delighted.”<\/p>\n
Izuchukwu, who has now won five Ireland caps, admitted he was caught by surprise at the magnitude of the Six Nations in the build-up to the Italy game.<\/p>\n
“It’s mental because for me at the France game, such a big stage and I had a taste of it from sitting on the bench as the 24th man, but then I treat every Ireland game just like an Ireland game,” he added.<\/p>\n
“They’re all so special to me, whether it’s Portugal or Fiji or Georgia or whatever, they mean the world to me, but I was blown away by the response from social media, online and my family, it’s such a big deal to them. <\/p>\n
“Six Nations, maybe I didn’t grasp it as much as I should have, so that was a shock, but I kind of came to terms with the last couple of days, got my head around it and then just got stuck in.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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