OBITUARY: Bertie O’Hanlon, last surviving member of Ireland’s 1948 Grand Slam winning team

‘We hadn’t done it in 49 years, but we had great men in that team’

BERTIE O’Hanlon, who died recently at the age of 92, was one of the country’s finest wing three-quarters during some of the most successful years in Irish rugby.

The last surviving member of the legendary, 1948 Grand Slam-winning team, he also played in everyone of Ireland’s matches the following season, when the Triple Crown was retained.