25-year-old Kildare man Cormac Daly made his debut for the Reds two weekends ago.
WHEN CORMAC DALY moved to Australia in January last year, he thought that the dream of being a professional rugby player was gone.
“Leaving Ireland, I was thinking I had probably missed my chance. I was just trying to move on, get on with my life, and enjoy my rugby. This has been such a huge surprise, but a good surprise.”Daly hails from Kilcock. He reckons he’s the first person in his family to play rugby. It was all football and hurling in his house.
“I love Clontarf,” says Daly. “The club is a huge factor in where I am. The coach Andy Wood has been absolutely brilliant for me. The club always showed faith in me and I’ve had some of the best days of my life with Clontarf, those days after winning the final spring to mind. I have a lot of love for the people in the club.”
Daly carries for Leinster against Chile in November 2022. Ben Brady / INPHO Ben Brady / INPHO / INPHO “I got called into that pre-season with Leinster and I loved the few months seeing how one of the best teams in the world train. Leo Cullen actually got on to congratulate me when I made my Reds debut. The way Leinster train and compete with each other, having been there meant it wasn’t as much of a shock coming in here in Queensland.”
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