Watch: Late Late Toy Show and Ireland's Call star meets Andy Farrell

Following on from his appearance on the Late Late Toy Show, the eight-year-old superbly sang Ireland's Call at the Aviva Stadium last weekend.

Fri, 16 Feb, 2024 - 15:16

Andrew Horgan

What a week it has been for Stevie Mulrooney.

On Sunday, the eight-year-old was rewarded for the sensational rendition of Ireland's Call he sang on the Late Late Toy Show by getting the opportunity to perform in front of a sold-out Aviva Stadium before the Six Nations demolition of Italy.

Then on Friday, Mulrooney was rewarded for his superb performance ahead of Ireland's 36-0 win over the Italians by getting the chance to meet his heroes at the IRFU High Performance Centre in Dublin.

"Here he is, when are you going to play for us?," said Ireland's Head Coach Andy Farrell when he met Stevie.

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"You could have played for us at the weekend with the confidence that you had. You had more confidence than our players. Wow. You nailed it, didn't you?"

To that high praise, Mulrooney replied: "I'm never nervous when I sing, but I was a bit nervous of the crowd, but when I got into song it was just a breeze to go through it."

Farrell continued; "Yeah that's like the players, you know when the whistle goes and they are just playing rugby. So what was better, that or the Toy Show?

"THAT!" insisted Mulrooney.

And the rewards kept coming as Farrell concluded by presenting the youngster with a jersey signed by all the players "for being so brave and nailing all the words," although it will be a number of years before it will fit him.