Ireland's chief rugby analyst adding another club to his bag

High Performance Analyst Vinny Hammond. ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

NOT so much the day job as a morning, noon and night occupation, Vinny Hammond is knee deep in his role as the Ireland rugby men’s team head of analysis ahead of a gruelling five-game tour of New Zealand.

Yet while that appeals to the analytical side of Hammond’s brain, the Dubliner has started to cut his teeth with more strategic matters as a member of Golf Ireland’s Board of directors.