PETER JACKSON

THE massed regiments of the Red Army will never forget Brian O’Brien. They will ensure he is remembered across every square inch of his native province in the words of a song as synonymous with Munster rugby as You’ll Never Walk Alone is with Liverpool FC.
As if he hadn’t given the game enough over the course of a lifetime as an international centre, Lions selector, manager of Shannon, Munster and Ireland, ‘Briano’ gave Munster a battle cry of their very own which has long since become a ritual at Thomond Park.
He first sang a song fro...