Veteran star Swift ready to let loose on Toulouse

ANYONE who doubted Michael Swift’s ability to last the pace and stay the course with Connacht would be red-faced as the big lock forward gets ready to square up to European heavyweights Toulouse at the Sportsgrounds on Saturday.

Swift is undoubtedly one of the great survivors and can boast that he has seen off such quality and long-lasting former playing colleagues as Eric Elwood, Dan McFarland, Tim Allnutt and Conor McPhillips.

It might be funny apart from the fact that all have graduated “upstairs”: Elwood is now head coach, McFarland his assistant, Allnutt is team manager and McPhillips is video analyst.