Rugby club want to paint Letterkenny All Black

THIS autumn’s Grand Slam tour to Britain and Ireland by the All Blacks could also mark a red letter day for a Donegal rugby club, if the New Zealand Rugby Union gives its approval this week.

Letterkenny RFC has put in a request to the NZRU to send two of its players to their club in November, when they hope to rename their ground the Dave Gallaher Memorial Park, in honour of the Donegal native who was the first All Blacks captain one hundred years ago, when he led the team on a tour of Britain and Ireland in 1905.

The New Zealand touring party that year was the first to earn the nickname of the All Blacks and Gallaher’s players have since been referred to as The Originals.