Cave said: "We've had strong backlines in the past, but definitely not this depth.
Cf e a r "W "We're running two backlines in training and both those backlines could start in the league.
"It is certainly up there with one of the best backlines I've played in."
JAMIE ROBERTS last night admitted he has sympathy for Wales' Six Nations opponents as Warren Gatland's conquering backline look to wreak more havoc against Scotland this weekend.
O'Driscoll, who will captain his country for the 49th time tomorrow, will be part of one of the youngest Irish
backlines for some time.
The new laws, used in the Super 14 and Tri-Nations competitions earlier this year, include legally being able to collapse the maul, no player restrictions at the line-outs and
backlines being at least five metres away, rather than level, from the back of the scrum.
"We've played against some big
backlines in the past and against some we've had joy and some we've managed to curtail a bit."
"Those guys were defending against one of the best
backlines in the world and considering it was a
backline that has never trained together - never mind played together - it was an incredible performance by them." Foley picked up the theme of praising the Munster backs, so often put in the shade by Leinster's all-Ireland attack of O'Driscoll, D'Arcy, Horgan and Hickie.
Better
backlines can exploit the gaps Barry leaves, but Uruguay do not look up to it - they failed to register a try against Scotland or South Africa in the last World Cup and were nilled by Argentina in the Pan-American Cup in August.