Tributes paid to rugby star

MUNSTER rugby paid tribute yesterday to a young player who died tragically.

Matthew O’Connor, 16, from Dromtrasna, Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick, had been recently picked for the Munster Youth squad and had been described as a great prospect by team management.

The youngster, who attended St Ita’s College in Abbeyfeale, was a back-seat passenger in a car that crashed near Listowel early on Thursday.