League breaks new ground in Limerick

IRELAND’S rugby league international with France at Thomond Park this afternoon (5pm) hasn’t been setting the sporting world alight in terms of hype and publicity.

But for two of the sport’s burgeoning stars, the chance to run on Limerick rugby’s sacred ground is a very big deal.

Six months ago local lads Ian Cross (Young Munster) and Aaron McCloskey (Bohemians, by way of Young Munster) were plying their trade in the All-Ireland League.