Scannell brothers get just rewards for super Munster performances

The call-up of the Scannell brothers, Niall and Rory, to Ireland’s RBS 6 Nations squad is as much a cause for celebration at Dolphin as it is Munster.

The AIL club was the port of call for both hooker Niall, now 24 and a former Ireland U20 captain, and versatile back Rory, 23, when they left Cork’s PBC school and each quickly made the leap to first-team regulars in Division One as they found their feet on the first rungs of the professional rugby ladder in the Munster Academy.

Dolphin’s director of rugby Chris Rowe was a second-row playing alongside them at Musgrave Park and then became their captain and he remembers two young players with natural leadership qualities and temperaments to deal with any situation.