Home is where the heart is

Fergus Aherne doesn’t get back to his old Musgrave Park stomping ground much these days, but there is plenty to make him feel at home when he does.

For a start, the jersey from the former Irish scrum-half’s first cap against England in 1988 is one of many adorning the walls of the Dolphin clubhouse.

His father Gerald and both brothers also lined out in blue and yellow, while he says he “grew up in the kitchens” serving food with his mother, Mida.