Connacht in need of some IRFU mammying

OF ALL the birthdays, this was the hardest. Thirty-three ... the age of Christ.

Fri, 28 Jan, 2005 - 00:00
Hugh Farrelly

I have never been a religious entity, but even I was aware of all the amazing things Jesus had achieved by that age.

Turning water into wine, feeding the 5,000, curing the infirm, turning water into wine... what could I claim by comparison?

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