Slain player’s mascot leads out Black Cats

RUGBY captain Shane Geoghegan’s Garryowen mascot last night led out Niall Quinn’s Sunderland in soccer friendly against a Munster X1 for the murdered player at Thomond Park.

Killian Joyce, 6, was the Garryowen mascot when Shane led out the Garryowen thirds for his last game, days before his murder in November 2008.

Last night’s game was the culmination of a Day for Shane, which launched a new initiative in Limerick by the Shane Geoghegan Trust, whose aim it is to keep children out of trouble through sport.