Gary Halpin dead
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 5:39 pm
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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Re: Gary Halpin dead
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 6:54 pm
RIP Gary
Re: Gary Halpin dead
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 8:10 pm
RIP Gary. The legend of the two finger salute.
Re: Gary Halpin dead
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 8:53 am
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.
Re: Gary Halpin dead
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:28 pm
Ah that's shit news. Only 55.
Re: Gary Halpin dead
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:28 pm
That's a nice write up in the Irish Times.
RIP Gary Halpin.
RIP Gary Halpin.