Dineen turns to numbers game

“Professional sport is funny, because it’s a business, but if you refer to it as a business you can strike the wrong note.”

Interesting. The speaker was Ivan Dineen of Munster. A playing component of the organisation rather than a number-cruncher in the back office, though. Why’s he so interested in the business of rugby?

“I’m doing a masters degree in economics and my advisor suggested that rugby and the economics of rugby would be an interesting topic.”