Former Ireland rugby player on changing spending habits and why plan B matters
I’m a bit of both. As a player, at the beginning of my career certainly, I was a spender. I was young, and becoming a professional felt like it happened overnight. I went from the Academy wage, which was €4,000 a year, to considerably more in a very short space of time. A few years into my career, in 2016, I suffered a career-threatening injury, which probably put everything into perspective. I then became acutely aware of how short a rugby career can be.
The first was with my schoolfriend Ricardo for “bouncing” at the door of one of my parents’ friend’s drinks parties. I think we got €50 for standing there and greeting people. Not much trouble that night!It depends. On big purchases like cars or a home, of course, but on certain things such as food and clothes, all I look for is quality. I’m happy to pay a premium for things like that.
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