An Irish rugby legend and record‑setting out‑half turned elite coach with La Rochelle. A prominent pundit known for frank, compelling, agenda-setting analysis.
Most will recite Al Pacino’s ‘Inches’ classic locker room speech from ‘Any Given Sunday’ on demand but there’s another line we relate to when the knockouts came down to one last play for Tony D’Amato’s Miami Sharks.
I’ve been in too many of these, sighed Al Pacino, a head ready to explode. Amen to that.
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