Connacht aim to send John Muldoon out on high

John Muldoon looks set to remain involved in rugby and having built up considerable coaching experience during his playing career, Connacht supporters will be hoping that the province’s finest player will return in due course when he hangs up his boots in May.

A trip to Bilbao for the European Challenge Cup in May would be a fitting way to cap Muldoon’s wonderful career with his native province and coach Kieran Keane and his men will be keen to achieve that for a player who embodies all that Connacht stands for.

Few could have envisaged when he came off the bench on 11 October 2003, to replace Paul Neville in a 42-19 win over The Borders at the Sportsground, that the Portumna native would go on to become the province’s most capped player, a performer who has made more appearances in the Celtic League — currently the PRO14 — than any other player.