FORMER LEINSTER, MUNSTER, MOSELEY, BEDFORD, SARACENS AND IRELAND WING

DARRAGH O’MAHONY
IWENT from absolutely nowhere to all of a sudden being called up for Ireland’s World Cup squad in 1995. I was only 22 and had played a couple of seasons with University College Dublin but it still came as a shock.
At the time, I was living in the here and now and didn’t really appreciate the magnitude of the tournament – well, not until I was selected for my second cap (having made my debut against Italy) for the quarter-final against France.
I was the only change to the line-up (f...