Happy Hooker

They’ve even been preparing with ‘mock-Toulouse’ opponents in training, but that hasn’t prevented Leinster hooker John Fogarty from savouring the build-up to the biggest game of his career. He spoke to Brendan O’Brien

YOU just gotta love John Fogarty. The son of Cashel is the type that meets most days with a big beaming smile. and that hasn’t changed this week just because he is facing into something as serious as a European semi-final.

Fogarty was one of three Leinster players wheeled out in Donnybrook on Tuesday for a laborious merry-go-round of press duties with print, radio and TV journalists and it made for an interesting few hours.