A bit personal this one since he was a family friend.
Gary Halpin dead
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https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/ ... -1.4493829
A bit personal this one since he was a family friend.
A bit personal this one since he was a family friend.
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He always said he regretted that because, as a teacher, all his pupils would have seen it.
Found a link to it here
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/int ... es-aged-55
One other funny he had is documented here
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/ ... ary-halpin
IIRC, a certain Clive Woodward was his coach. Which leads to another anecdote. We all know how much Woodward was into fitness and Gary used to lament that one of the reasons Ireland
used to blow out in games was a lack of fitness. He opined that Lirish was far more professional than the IRFU in that regard.
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