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Tue 09 Sep 2007Hard knocks keep comingRUGBY:The Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan needed only cast an eye over to the dugout at the side of the Stade Bordelais pitch yesterday to see how an already problematic week could actually deteriorate for him.Fullback Girvan Dempsey, outhalf Ronan O'Gara, hooker Jerry Flannery, centre Brian O'Driscoll and scrumhalf Isaac Boss were gathering around the busiest man on the park, team doctor Gary O'Driscoll.