Stewart McKinney: Ireland’s Class of ’72 deserved our Grand Slam chance after our big win in France… it was such a pity it was stolen by The Troubles
Six Nations Championship
Cap that: Stewart McKinney is all smiles as he proudly shows off his British and Irish Lions cap
The front page of this weekend’s Midi Olympique shows the respective out-halves for Saturday evening’s Six Nations clash in the Stade de France in a mocked-up poster for ‘Fight Club’.
It would perhaps have been a more apt headline for Stewart McKinney’s Ireland debut against Les Bleus in 1972. For while Paris has always been a daunting venue for visiting Irish sides, some five decades ago it was downright dangerous.
