IN A PREVIOUS life (i.e: earlier this year) captaincy of the Irish rugby team was a hot button topic. Would Pete get the nod? Was it too soon for James Ryan? Or was it time to formalise Johnny Sexton’s position as creative director?
No, yes and yes were Andy Farrell’s answers, but Covid-19 came along and both coach and captain were denied a clean run through a first campaign at the helm. But we can still look back through the archive* of the great and the few, the skippers who have led Ireland on the international stage.
See how many you can nail (taking into account that appearances as captain, for these purposes, only count from the start).





















*The archive is ESPN’s historical stats and any complaints should be directed their way.
Good to see his son come on for united Wednesday evening lol .