Ian Madigan was named the Bank of Ireland Leinster Players’ Player of the Year at the annual awards ceremony in the Mansion House, Dublin on Saturday.

They call it Fortress Kanturk, and with good reason.

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Not every Leinster and Munster rugby hero can get to Croke Park tomorrow. Some – such as their junior counterparts – will be wading through the mud to keep their passion for the amateur game burning brightly. DIARMUID O’FLYNN met some of them.