All the right notes hit by rugby stalwarts

The first point worth making about my trip to meet the good folk of Waterford City RFC has nothing to do with rugby and more to do with musical appreciation.

The home of William Wallace, Val Doonican and Gilbert O’Sullivan has a realistic attitude towards Ireland’s Call.

As we gathered in The Munster, a comfortable establishment on The Mall in the city, the countdown to England-Ireland almost concluded, Phil Coulter’s dirge echoed around the bar but was roundly ignored by those in attendance.