Mullins answers call for Crescent

HE should have been cocooned in Dublin with the rest of the Irish elite squad preparing for this weekend’s daunting Six Nations opener in Paris against the French.

Old Crescent 20 Young Munster 14

Instead, last Saturday saw Mike Mullins togged off and tracksuited in Rosbrien, sitting on a cold bench on an even colder afternoon, bitter wind-driven sleet occasionally spitting contempt on the efforts of two game, but limited sides, in a very local Limerick AIL second-division mid-table derby.