Man in the middle

For the last eight years Pat Geraghty has been a fly on the wall of the Munster dressing-room as the province’s communications officer. He and Michael Moynihan had a frank exchange of views, but no singing...

IT HAD been an interesting talk with Declan Kidney and Jerry Holland, but Pat Geraghty couldn’t read their expressions. It was summer 2000 and he was in line for communications officer with Munster rugby after a decade doing the same job with Leinster, but this was one game of poker he wasn’t winning.

“After a chat we had some grub. No starters, just the main course, unlike Leinster, where you’d have five courses. Though the two lads were always keen on dessert.”