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O'Connell frustrated by injury
MUNSTER captain Paul O'Connell has spoken about the 'unbelievably frustrating' groin injury which ended his playing season three months early.
But 2009 Lions captain O'Connell has revealed that there is 'light at the end of the tunnel' in relation to the groin problem which has seen him sidelined since Ireland's RBS Six Nations defeat to Scotland in March.
Thirty-year-old O'Connell said: "It's been an unbelievably frustrating time for me of late, but I'm happy that I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Things are on the mend and I am heading in the right direction. It's been a slow, at times desperately so process, but I can see the finishing line which is important mentally and physically."
O'Connell admitted that watching Ireland's heavy defeat to the All Blacks in New Plymouth was uneasy viewing.
"The defeat against the All Blacks was hugely disappointing and a little bit shocking," O'Connell said.
"I'm not a great spectator at the best of times, but that was an excruciating morning's viewing."
The 70-times capped Irish international explained that he was reading more as a result of the injury limiting his ability to train. And O'Connell revealed that he had also spent time watching DVDs of some of the world's top boxers prepare for their biggest fights.
O'Connell wrote in his blog: "It's given me plenty of time to catch up on some reading material. I was given Andre Agassi's autobiography and I'd have to say my views on the man changed after reading it.
"I'll always be an admirer of his as a tennis player, but the manner in which he comes across on other levels wouldn't appeal to me. I have just picked up 'Too Big to Fail: Inside the Battle to Save Wall Street.'
"My Munster team-mate Felix Jones has a wonderful collection when it comes to boxing, on a couple of hard drives and I have spent a lot of time watching the Boxing 24/7 series which includes pre-fight build-up including training sessions, the fights themselves and the post fight pronouncements of Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton. After watching that, I missed the training even more!"
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