O’Callaghan still giving all for Munster’s cause

Donncha O’Callaghan was casting a withering glance up the 18th fairway from the comfort of Munster’s temporary team room in the Fota Island Resort clubhouse.

As Munster’s young stags did battle out on the golf course, the older lads, led by Paul O’Connell and Mick O’Driscoll, were soaking up the sunshine outside, shooting the breeze and making the most of some down-time during a two-day training camp in East Cork ahead of a season-defining series of games. And tomorrow’s Heineken Cup quarter-final at home to Ulster is clearly the most important.

“All the young fellas are out on the course but you’ll find there’s more team bonding going on with the non-golfers, sipping cups of tea and having the chats,” O’Callaghan, who will be on the bench tomorrow, says.