Elite sport is a family affair for Jamison Gibson-Park

Gibson-Park hasn’t yet looked to import any of his wife’s martial arts ‘IP’ but there are other obvious advantages to having a partner who understands what it takes to play elite sport.

Leinster's Jamison Gibson-Park. Pic: Nick Elliott/Inpho

There can’t be any shortage of people who have watched with eyes half-closed as their life partner crashes into a ruck or takes a crunching tackle. 

Jamison Gibson-Park, whose wife was a top-class judoka, has been on the other side of that coin.