Mal content to be back in action

HEIGHT won’t be the only reason 29 members of the Irish squad to tour Argentina will look up to Malcolm O’Kelly in the coming fortnight.

O’Kelly is the tallest member of the party, but he is also vastly more experienced than anyone else.

It’s something he says will take a bit of getting used to, given the fact that so many hardy perennials like Brian O’Driscoll, John Hayes, Ronan O’Gara and Peter Stringer, his senior allies, won’t be along for the ride.