Frankie Sheahan: Myself and Shane Byrne get along now but at the time I hated him

When Frankie Sheahan played for Munster against Leinster, he hated his opposite number in the blue jersey.

That man was usually Shane Byrne. The pair waged a fierce battle for the Ireland number two jersey throughout the early years of the new millennium when rivalry between the two provinces was at its fiercest.

“Myself and Shane Byrne get along very well now but at the time I hated him, absolutely hated him, and I’m sure that was reciprocated,” says Sheahan.