D’Arcy hoping to stay in spotlight

OF all the Irish players involved in Saturday’s Six Nations clash with France, Gordon D’Arcy is surely the most versatile.

In his representative career, D’Arcy has been utilised at full back, wing and centre, and believe it or not, once played as a hooker.

Not happy as a hooker, he quickly points out: “I tried the position at school when I was about 15 but my coach wasn’t impressed. I was all over the place, looking for a bit of action and was finally told if I wanted to play like a back, I should go out there.”