O’Hara to skipper Irish in hometown opener with Wales

PBC CORK’s Brian O’Hara has the honour of leading Ireland out before his hometown crowd for their opening game of the U18 Six Nations festival tonight (Musgrave Park, 7.30pm).

Wed, 26 Mar, 2008 - 00:00
Barry Coughlan

The game is the first of three for Ireland in a week-long festival which features England, France, Italy, Scotland and Wales.

Peter Melia’s side face Scotland on Saturday and Italy on Tuesday and the coach would love a winning start.

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