Clonmel RFC blow as Irish team axe trip

The insurers will tot up the cost of the damage inflicted by yesterday’s storm but there will be no pay-out to ease the heartbreak the weather has wreaked on Clonmel RFC.

For the past three months officials at the Tipperary club have been plotting and planning for the arrival of Joe Schmidt and core members of the national rugby side. The highlight of the two-day mini-camp was to be today’s open training session with approximately 2,500 kids from local schools and rugby clubs expected to attend. All was going swimmingly until about 11am yesterday.

“The team were due to have a closed session on Wednesday but after seeing the weather forecast and the amount of rain that had fallen they decided against that,” Clonmel manager Joe Winston explained.