Connacht talisman Muldoon retires as new star rises in the west
Delahunt may have grown up in a different county and province to John Muldoon but their family farm at Riverstown outside Birr is only a few miles from Portumna.
Delahunt has only made 14 starts for Connacht — with another 29 off the bench — but he produced the sort of swash-buckling display on Saturday which suggests he is poised for a big breakthrough which could be taken to a new level if Joe Schmidt is willing to take a punt on the tyro.
