Out-half logjam in pipeline as numbers don't stack up
They were simpler times. Paul Dean was the Ireland out-half for the opening two games of the Five Nations in 1986 but injury against Wales meant coach Mick Doyle needed a replacement. Two players, the uncapped Ralph Keyes, 24, and Tony Ward, holder of 17 caps, then 32, were in the mix. And it was a stand-out performance for Cork Con prior to the trip to Twickenham, a 25-20 loss, that earned Keyes his first cap. "Everyone played with their clubs and you graduated to the inter-pro side," Keyes tells RTÉ Sport. "Thereafter you played in the domestic inter-pro competition and th...
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