Modern game is ‘like a bullfight’

BERTIE O’HANLON and Paddy Reid are two of the nine surviving members of the last Irish team to complete the Grand Slam by beating Wales at Ravenhill in 1948.

Fifty five years is a long time to wait for a repeat and both men are confident that this mighty English team can be brought down to earth with a bang on Sunday.

O’Hanlon, a winger on the ’48 side, is now 79, while Reid, a gifted centre, celebrated his 80th birthday on St Patrick’s Day.