Mick Kearney acclaims Connacht lessons

Mick Kearney admits he is “humbled” at the chance to play in Saturday’s Guinness PRO12 final, but he owes it all to the team he will compete against in Edinburgh.

Kearney is a Dubliner who was spotted by Connacht playing for Clontarf in the Ulster Bank League after appearances for Leinster’s under age teams and the Irish Under 20s failed to win him an academy deal with his native province.

However, the 25-year-old jumped at the chance to join Leinster last summer in order to be closer to his family and after an impressive performance against Ulster in the PRO12 semi-final last week, Kearney looks set to start in the second row against Connacht.