Clever, clever…
Donnacha Ryan joined host Andy McGeady and SportsJOE reporter Pat McCarry on The Hard Yards rugby show this week to talk about events from the weekend.
While he did a great interview where he spoke openly and honestly, he also spoke about why he always has a sliotar with him at Racing 92. You can listen from 38.00 below.
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In case you don’t have time to listen now, here’s a quick run down of what Donnacha said.
“Basically, I normally use a hockey ball as a trigger point thing for recovery, but my hockey balls have all gone missing inside in the club, so I’ve been using a sliotar, I know nobody has a sliotar.”
Ryan received a rapturous reception from the Munster faithful in Bordeaux on Sunday, with one fan firing a sliotar into his path.
“They fired a Nenagh Éire Og one onto the pitch, thankfully, I’ve two of them now so I can go for a few pucks without the risk of losing it.”
“Yeah, I don’t know was he throwing it too me or trying to hop it off my head,” he laughed.