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Sat 05 May 2007Heaslip used to being singled out for some special attentionIreland Tour of Argentina: John O'Sullivanon a singular young number eight with the talent to back up his eschewing of orthodoxyJamie Heaslip focused on the ball, which arrived about the same time as Jerome Kaino and several New Zealand outriders. A lone green shirt engulfed by a marauding blackwash. Even though the stand was on the far side of the pitch, the collision was striking in its ferocity.