Teamwork the key at tug of war championships

Teamwork and big hearts are the key, writes Larry Ryan

They came from all over to northwest Cork on Sunday to test powerful legs, vise grips, and iron wills.

The latest round of the All-Ireland Tug of War championships produced a formidable show of strength at the Donoughmore venue — not least in the thousands who gathered to yell encouragement as octets of Samsons glared into each other’s souls across 36m lengths of rope.