No ‘letting go’ for Munster, says Stephen Archer

The days when Peter Clohessy and Mick Galwey would happily duck out of a pre-season orienteering session and dive into a pub for a couple of scoops seem to be long gone.

The tale of Gaillimh and the Claw disappearing from their woodland exercise in search of pints was retold by Donncha Callaghan in his book Joking Apart.

It is a fond reminder of the last vestiges of the amateur game in transition to professionalism; one example among many, no doubt.