A scrum-half and a half

PETER STRINGER wins his 75th cap for Ireland at Murrayfield this afternoon.

It’s another significant milestone in the career of a man the entire nation has come to love in a very special way.

Many men and more women speak of him with undisguised affection and more than a little awe, uncertain in their minds as to how a guy standing 5 ft 7 ins and weighing less than 12st 4lbs can look people twice his size more or less in the eye, refuse to take a backward step and somehow win both the psychological and physical battles with lots to spare.