Tomás O’Leary ‘happy and content’ to bow out

Tomás O’Leary yesterday announced his retirement from professional rugby “happy and content that it is time to move on”.

Tomás O’Leary ‘happy and content’ to bow out
Wed, 26 Jul, 2017 - 01:00
Fergus Jayes

O’Leary, 33, won two Heineken Cup titles with Munster and was scrum-half when Ireland won the Six Nations Grand Slam in 2009.

He was subsequently selected for the British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa but was ruled out after breaking his ankle shortly after the squad was announced.

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