Coppinger aims to fire up Clonakilty

DECLAN COPPINGER puts out fires for a living, but this afternoon he and his charges from Clonakilty RFC hope their endeavours might just be the cause of a few.

As a fireman based in Cork city, he has doused a few flames in his time, but at Lansdowne Road he will be doing everything in his power to extinguish the challenge of Suttonians in the AIB Division Three League Final and, in the process, spark off a few celebratory bonfires in West Cork.

The occasion was soured last week when the IRFU announced that the match would not be played as planned at headquarters.