Caps, box sets, accents - the life of Hogan

THE CHAT was going reasonably well.

Recently-retired Trevor Hogan of Leinster Rugby, living up to his reputation as a bright, engaged character, was chewing the fat about the sport, and then he mentioned the reason he’d had to defer our conversation by half an hour.

“I’m doing history in UCD,” he said. “Diarmaid Feiritear is one of the lecturers, he makes it very interesting.