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Wed 09 Sep 2007Now you see me, now you don'tIn this first extract from his new book, Heart and Soul, Trevor Brennanexplains how his Ireland international career came to an abrupt and unexpected end - and how it still hurts.I'm not usually one of the first out of the showers, and I wish I hadn't been at Twickenham in February 2000. Eddie O'Sullivan had arrived as assistant coach after the 1999 World Cup, and the bulk of the side was retained for that Six Nations opener. We were beaten 50-18.