SPORT has played a huge part in my life. I played quite a lot of sports – football, golf, tennis – and I always hoped one day I’d make a career out of one of them. So to have played two – cricket and rugby – at the highest level, and be involved in the coaching side of things for the best part of 30 years, I know just how lucky I am.
On a couple of occasions, I became very close to becoming the first dual cricket and rugby international for Ireland since Raymond Hunter in the 1960s. Sadly, he passed away recently because of Covid but I remain very good friends with his family. In 1995, I ...