One game is with the ball, the other with the media

MEETING someone who clearly wants to knock your head off, but kindly refrains from doing so, can be an unsettling experience for most people.

Unfortunately, as a journalist you get used to it, although it takes a few years to grow that extra layer of skin.

My armoured-plating hadn’t been fully developed when I had a memorable meeting with Paddy O’Rourke.