Re: Geoghegan



On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:15:15 +0100, "Jonathan M Allen"
<jonathan.allen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>As an exile from the "ould sod", I promise you it's Gay-gan.
>
>As in Simon Geoghegan, who once played on the wing for Ireland, but had no
>idea what a rugby ball looked like as the Irish pack in those days were
>quite unable to win any ball!

Au contraire - he was quite well acquainted with the ball, but had no
idea what a straight line looked like :-)

Charlie

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