RUGBY MATTERS - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points
BRENDAN GALLAGHER
It might surprise some to learn that the only sports trophy the precocious Tony O’Reilly won at school was for cricket.
In fact O’Reilly, who died last week at the age of 88, was proof that you can achieve individual greatness and worldwide sporting fame without being a serial winner.
The great man won no major title or trophy with Old Belvedere, never claimed an outright Interprovincial Championship with Leinster, won absolutely nothing with Ireland who could scarcely fashion a couple of decent passes to hi...
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