Eddie O'Sullivan

Absolutely, yeah.

He was an icon of the game and that's not exaggerating or overstating it.

His career was tremendous.

I just went through all the stats there.

Ireland, 61 caps.

Captain Ireland.

Captain Ireland's the 1979 Tour in Australia where they won a Test Series down there.

They won seven of eight matches and was inducted into the International Hall of Fame in 2007.

So he's an iconic player in the game.

He was regarded, and it's hard to compare professional amateur era, but certainly in the amateur era, he was regarded as one of the greatest open side flankers to ever play the game.

We're not talking about Ireland, no, we're talking about the world.

And he was involved in phenomenal lines towards, he was involved, as you mentioned, the famous game between New Zealand...

and the All Black Artsite New Zealand and the Barbarians in Cardiff in 1973 and had a hand in that wonderful try that everyone's watched a thousand times so he was an icon of the game I knew him as a player I played against him he played for Leinster as well obviously and I got to know him as well when I was involved with Black Rock College back in the day when I coached in Black Rock College and he

He was again involved in the club heavily.

He just didn't go away from the game.

He was a fantastic character, brilliant public speaker, wonderful guy to talk to.

I've heard him speak many times and did a lot of work in charity, raised a lot of money for charity through rugby functions.

He was a wonderful icon of the game, one of the greatest open side flankers to ever play rugby in the world, and that's not exaggerating.

And for people outside my generation, he was like a household name for so many years.

So terrible sad news, very, very young to pass.