Wallace quits — and Leamy may join him

David Wallace hung up his boots yesterday and could soon be joined by Denis Leamy who has admitted his future in the game is in doubt.

One of the toughest and most skilful forwards in the game over the past decade, the 30 year-old Tipperary man has played 57 times for Ireland and scored 150 points in 145 appearances for Munster, touching down their only try in the 2008 Heineken Cup final victory against Toulouse in Cardiff. He was a constant in Ireland’s Triple Crown winning sides of 2006 and ’07 and was involved in all five games in the Grand Slam campaign in ’09.

But a hip problem grew so serious last January that he was ruled out for the remainder of the season and he will find out later this month if he has a future in the game.