All Stars step back in history

THE touring Vodafone All Stars got their first glimpse of the venue for today’s exhibition clash when they paid a leisurely visit yesterday to the Hurling Club in the aptly named district of Hurlingham on the outskirts of Buenos Aries.

A shamrock on the gate, a sign over the main entrance door reading Céad Mile Fáilte gives an indication of the origins of one of Argentina’s most famous sporting clubs.

Founded in the early 1900s, its huge magnificently-appointed complex houses a museum in which are kept a glittering collection of old trophies and medals, plus an impressive array of hurleys and sliotars of various sizes and manufacture, all relics of a long-gone era.