Suitcase Number Seven: a memoir of Munster’s forgotten hero

TOM CLEARY was once synonymous with all that was good about Limerick, Munster and Irish rugby.

Suitcase Number Seven: a memoir of Munster’s forgotten hero
Wed, 12 Oct, 2005 - 01:00
Charlie Mulqueen

But, don’t go running off to check how many caps he gained for his country.

While Cleary was one of the great scrum-halves of his generation, ill fortune declared he never got to pull on the green jersey in a full international.

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