A rugby player, coach and manager during a glittering career with Munster, Ireland and the Lions and now a definitive voice in Irish rugby analysis and commentary.
WHEN Matthew Carley blew the final whistle on Munster’s Champions Cup campaign last Saturday, I couldn’t get out of Thomond Park fast enough. I was angry. Judging by the conversations around me, I wasn’t alone.
Back home by 9.15pm, I was able to catch the final quarter of Gloucester’s game against Toulon. A win for the Top 14 side relegated the west country men to bottom of Pool 2, one place below Munster.
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