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Thu 03 Mar 2007O'Donovan hopes Irish pack a punchIt was observed that Niall O'Donovan looked more anxious when the television cameras cut to him during the broadcasting of Eurostar than when the Irish rugby team were strutting their stuff at Croke Park.The assistant Irish coach, whose daughter Maeve is competing for the Eurostar title, is used to a different kind of pressure.