Galwey’s glint of steel

Diarmuid O’Flynn looks ahead to the domestic rugby season with the new Shannon coach, Mick Galwey.

PICTURE the scene. Thomond Park, October 2000, Bath are in town to take on Munster in a vital Heineken Cup game.

The visitors and former Heineken Cup champions have a star-studded side, there’s a bit of nervousness in the air but still, the cheers of the wall-to-wall faithful reverberate around the storied old ground.