Green jersey is ‘ultimate’ for proud Horan

WHO would have foreseen less than a decade ago that Irish rugby followers would place a greater interest in what their provinces rather than the national side was achieving?

That’s what appears to be happening where an ever-increasing number of Munster, Leinster and Ulster fans are concerned.

But what of the players? Munster and Irish prop Marcus Horan, who wins his 62nd international cap at Croke Park this evening, has heard the debate many times before.