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15th July 2017
05:57pm BST
"In 1997, I had just done my Leaving Cert and I went away with the likes of Mick Galwey, Brian Walsh... about 13 of the Munster fellas. And there were about eight of the fellas I had just finished school with. "It was like basically the whole Munster team together and was like, Jaysus! I remember watching the rugby [Lions vs. South Africa Test Series] and I was on the next tour, in 2001. "If I'd even have thought back in 1997 that I'd be on the next tour with the carry on that was going on over there! It was literally going solid for 14 straight days. A 1 o'clock start. keep going and rollover. "That was the way it was. When we played Heineken Cup rugby in Limerick, it was usually a Saturday night. Sunday was a day off so it was a bit of a party. Monday was recover."We can't imagine the current crop would take such serious, prolonged commitment to shaking off the dust of the old season and going on the rage. They don't make 'em like the used to.
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