Sculpting the complete package

IF HE’S not careful, Tony McGahan could end up as the next Ireland defence and backs coach when the new coaching ticket is pieced together.

With just a single try conceded in the last four games, the best defensive record in the Magners League last season and so far the meanest this season, McGahan’s ability is catching the eye. He’s the quiet man in the background, who not just endeavours to make the Munster defence impenetrable, but also fine-tunes the attack, combining the skill-sets of Kiwi and Irish that has Munster playing some scintillating ball-in-hand rugby.

It’s very un-Munster like play as Ian Dowling’s try against Gloucester demonstrated but it’s a reflection of the 35-year-old from Brisbane as he sculpts them into the complete outfit.