Ex-Connacht centre on prospect of playing in Saturday’s landmark Croke Park URC game
Leinster to play Muster at Croke Park on Saturday: Tom Farrell in action for Munster against the Ospreys at Virgin Media Park in Cork. Farrell has played every minute of Munster's three URC games to date. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho, Tom Farrell had a sense he was going to be surplus to requirements.
“Obviously the success as well over the last couple of seasons and how they’re going in competitions and winning the URC two seasons ago and topping the league last season, it was kind of a no-brainer from my end to be honest.“So, I put those conversations I was having about going abroad on hold pretty quickly.”“Yeah, there were a few in the rucks all right,” he admits with a wry smile. “It was a weird old game to be honest. I was excited but I was nervous about that game too.
He was Ireland’s first-choice outside centre at the 2013 Under-20 World Cup and two seasons ago played in front of a 50,000 crowd for Connacht in a URC semi-final in Cape Town, but this is different gravy.“I’ve actually played there as a young lad, in underage schools football. That was the last time I was on that pitch. A great day.” He was captain of the St Brigid’s, Castleknock team who won the Corn Chumann na nGael in the Cumann na mBunscol primary schools finals in 2005.
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