Jack Dineen is finding his way back to the main road

From a Munster Schools Senior Cup winning back row to a Waikato Premier A front row, Jack Dineen admits his life in rugby has taken the road less travelled.

It is a pathway that has taken the 22-year-old from Limerick to New Zealand in the hope it will one day take him back into the professional game after an injury-hit final season in the Connacht Academy.

After surgery on both shoulders in the spring and a posterior cruciate ligament knee injury in his second game since arriving on the North Island, Dineen will this weekend continue on the comeback trail with Hamilton Old Boys as the storied Waikato club bids for a first Premier A title in 11 years.