A century after the last senior rugby international on Leeside, the Ireland Club XV takes on England Counties in Cork this evening.

WHILE the Garryowen coach Paul Cunningham was lauding his team for not conceding a penalty in the dying minutes of Saturday’s AIB All-Ireland League final at Musgrave Park, his opposite number, Brian Walsh of Cork Constitution, was berating referee Alan Lewis for allowing the new champions to get away with what he regarded as serious infringements within touching distance of their own posts.

IF your christian name is Paul and you live in Limerick, the chances are that you are closely connected to Garryowen.