Cormac Izuchukwu thrilled to be first Offaly man to play Test rugby for Ireland

“It's been class and this week in particular was really special. I've been blown away by how much the lads really got around me and made it special.” 

FIRST OF MANY: Ireland's Cormac Izuchukwu is presented with his first cap by IRFU President Declan Madden. Pic: INPHO/Ben Brady

It’s fair to say that Irish rugby has never known a road like the one Cormac Izuchukwu has travelled.

Born in London to a Nigerian dad and an Irish mother, he grew up in Offaly and attended school Cistercian College in Roscrea. There staging posts at Connacht, at Kelso in Scotland, with Newcastle Falcons, the Ireland sevens and Ulster before a Test debut on Saturday.