Ray Smith recently returned to the city where he became a Neptune legend all of 25 years ago. Though he’d started his career in the US and ended it in Spain, fate sent him to a place in between where he had previously never heard of — but it’s a place he won’t forget in a hurry.

Tralee Abrakebara Tigers opening the defence of the Superleague title with a home match against Roma St Vincents on Saturday at 8pm.