FORMER LEINSTER SECOND ROW Louis Magee has been elected as the new President of the IRFU, replacing the outgoing Pat Fitzgerald.
Bective Rangers clubman Magee played for the eastern province between 1973 and 1979, and was picked for an Ireland trial in ’79. He was club captain at Bective on three separate occasions and acted as Director of Rugby at the the Dublin club before being elected its president in 1997.
From there, Magee moved into the Leinster administration, rising to the position of Branch President in 2003/04, the same season he began working with the IRFU.
His involvement with Irish rugby’s governing body since then has involved roles such as Chairman of the Performance Committee, IRFU representative to the Exiles Committee and being a member of the Domestic Game Committee.
Magee becomes the 127th president of the IRFU, and continues a long-standing tradition of Bective men taking up the position, following in the footsteps of John Hamilton O’Conor [1911-'12], William G. Fallon [1949-'50], Michael Cuddy [1993-'94] and John Lyons [2008-'09].
The new president’s grandfather, also named Louis Magee, captained Ireland to their 1889 Triple Crown.
Exceptional athlete. Looking forward to seeing how she gets on.
Fair play to her.. personally i dont think its healthy
The body can do amazing things. How could this possibly be unhealthy?
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Phillip.. I think although the body can do amazing things its another thing to over exert the body and cause damage. am i correct in thinking she is going to run nonstop for 46 hours? thats putting the body under extreme stress which i feel is unhealthy
I would love to be that able. It takes 24hr commitment. I take it u couldn’t have kids and commit to these type of fitness programmes. You wouldn’t get the 8 hour sleep for one thing. Amazing athlete and to be admired for her focus and drive
If you type in “Kona Ironman” into youtube you’ll find hour long documentaries featuring the different years of competition. Some of the stories covered are truly inspirational from the amateur athletes that manage to complete the course, ranging from the extremely over weight to people missing both their legs. If it doesn’t inspire you to get off your ass than nothing will!
Best of luck Diana!
The lady is an Animal and I mean that on the best possible tough sense , I wish I had an ounce of her drive