Minding the family silver

With a name like Ian Fleming, you hardly expect Munster’s Heineken Cup minder to reveal where the trophy sleeps at night. It didn’t stop MICHAEL MOYNIHAN trying, though.

YOU know what it looks like. You may have even had it in your own two hands. But a couple of men who roam the country have a better handle on the Heineken Cup than almost anybody else. Elliott Corcoran and Ian Fleming of Munster Rugby have other responsibilities, but a fair part of their day is organising the diary of the big trophy. As you might expect, it gets pretty full.

“We take bookings for it,” says Corcoran, “By phone and e-mail, for certain dates, times and locations. Mainly rugby clubs and so on, and we book in as many people as we can.