Shane Daly: 'Once I switched from Gaelic football to rugby, I never thought it was going to happen'

The Munster back-three player has relished his Páirc Uí Chaoimh experiences, from opening the scoring with a try in the province’s first game there against South Africa A in November 2022 to last Saturday’s 31-3 bonus-point European pool victory over Gloucester.

PAIRC DREAM: Munster's Shane Daly with family after the Investec Champions Cup match against Gloucester at SuperValu Páirc Ui Chaoimh. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

It was not just the honour of scoring the first rugby try at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh that makes the iconic Cork GAA venue a special place for Shane Daly, nor his record of now winning on all three of his appearances for Munster there.

What really added to the lustre of the wing’s return to the Páirc last Saturday for a first Champions Cup game at the stadium was the 28-year-old’s lineage as the grandson of a former Cork hurling captain and serial county SHC medal winner.