How O’Sullivan’s rugby glory turned to despair

In many ways, Eddie O’Sullivan became the victim of radically changed circumstances in Irish rugby.

During the years of his transition from player to player/coach to manager of the Irish team, rugby in Ireland itself went from being a minority sport to spectacular levels of popular success. When O’Sullivan played for Munster in the old interprovincial series a generation ago, a crowd would have been the proverbial ‘200 plus a man and a ...