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Sat 11 Nov 2002Going for one against the headGerry Thornley talks to flanker Keith Gleeson who always believed he would make it at international level - playing for Australia, the country he plays against today for IrelandHe's driven, ultra professional, almost obsessively single-minded, highly intelligent and utterly self-assured. The last person to doubt whether Keith Gleeson could make it at international level was Keith Gleeson.