KING OF CORK AND COURT

Ray Smith recently returned to the city where he became a Neptune legend all of 25 years ago. Though he’d started his career in the US and ended it in Spain, fate sent him to a place in between where he had previously never heard of — but it’s a place he won’t forget in a hurry.

TV team: “You must have some great memories of here.”

Older man: “Oh, yes, I saw some battles here. [Ghost dashes past]. It’s as if the place remembers. So many people have great memories here. Sometimes you just get a sense of them. Never did know how to explain it though.” — Heineken Cup ad