Donal Lenihan: Two new hips and a new knee? Yep, I was one of the lucky ones
SUCCESS WITH A PRICE: English hooker Steve Thompson celebrates after winning the Rugby World Cup final at the Olympic Park Stadium in Sydney in 2003. Thompson now has no memory of the triumph.
The reunions tend to come around with a bit more regularity now. The older you get, the more you appreciate meeting up with team-mates from times past, be it from club, country, or at British and Irish Lions get-togethers.
The last such occasion involved a drive from Cork to Portballintrae, Co Antrim, a round trip of 1,034km for Michael Kiernan and I. If my first ever visit to the Giants Causeway left me somewhat underwhelmed — give me Slea Head any day — a tour of the Old Bushmills Distillery kickstarted a very enjoyable afternoon and late night with members of Irish squad that played at the inaugural World Cup in New Zealand and Australia 30 years earlier.
