Wallace intent on giving Irish fans Twickers treat

KEEN rivals in their days at Crescent Comprehensive and PBC, David Wallace and new Irish captain Ronan O’Gara have since become teammates and buddies, having enjoyed many great days together with Munster and Ireland.

There is deep mutual respect between them although Wallace admits to amusement that O’Gara should have spoken earlier this week about the time he led Pres to a Munster Senior Schools Cup win over Crescent in 1995 without mentioning the outcome when the sides met in the previous year.

“The first I remember of Ronan was a Junior Cup game I was watching between Pres and Munchins“, Wallace recalled. “He was slotting drop goals and kicking penalties from everywhere. The next time was — and he probably didn’t mention this — when we beat Pres in the ‘94 senior final. In ‘the ‘95 final, we missed 10, 11 or 12 kicks at goal. Yeah, I was captain, but no, I didn’t take any.”