O’Leary ready to display Rebel spirit Down Under

WITH another former Cork minor star making some serious waves across the Tasman Sea, Tomás O’Leary is out to strike another blow for the Rebel alumni in New Zealand this weekend.

The Ireland and Munster scrum-half has watched avidly this season as long-time county hurling teammate Setanta O hAilpín tears through every defence in the Australian Football League. A hugely successful cross-code convert himself, O’Leary, still keeps close tabs on his former brother in red.

“I played with him U14 all the way up and then with minors for two years before he headed off,” says O’Leary, who skippered the Cork minors to the 2001 All-Ireland title.