Vicky McElligott danced with a Maasai warrior under the African night sky. The stars above might have been the same she could see from her home in Ballymun, but she knew her journey was far greater than the miles that separate Dublin and Dar Es Saalam.

A LITTLE bit of local knowledge can go a long way and that was enough for Eddie O’Sullivan to give Simon Easterby the nod over a very unfortunate Neil Best at blind-side flanker yesterday.

In-form flanker Simon Easterby does not believe a move to Ireland would enhance his international status.