The day Leinster almost beat the All Blacks

Ask Philip Orr about his Leinster days and he recalls the confusion.

A player with Old Wesley, the IRFU’s current president was togging out with the province by the mid-70s and a debut with Ireland followed in 1976. Amidst it all — and the competing demands of a day job in the amateur era — some of the plates being spun were inevitably smashed.

“The intepros were spread out through the season, around the club game, and we found that a little bit difficult. Eventually, during my long career, they got to the stage of running the three interpros at a certain part of the season. It was the best thing for us.