Revamped facilities herald new Con era

A century after the last senior rugby international on Leeside, the Ireland Club XV takes on England Counties in Cork this evening.

Ireland played France in the Mardyke back in 1913, but one hundred years on the facilities will be a good deal better at a revamped Cork Constitution complex at Temple Hill.

The club will unveil its new €1.2 million development for the game, a large-scale rebuilding project that was turned around remarkably quickly.