Paddy in the Paddyfield
LIMERICK The Champions League was fascinating and many people got quite worked up about it, but when it comes to tribalism, soccer doesn't hold a candle to rugby anymore and that's why tomorrow's Heineken Cup Final in Cardiff between Munster and Biarritz is such a passionate affair.
Best story of the run-up this week involved the canny Limerick entrepreneur who saw an opening for Munster flags that needed waving by the province's rugby-mad population. He reckoned the market could absorb 40,000 pennants so he set off to the one place in the world today where such orders can be placed and fulfilled at short notice — China. Arriving in Guangzhou, he headed to the local Irish pub, found a contact, did the business and is now confident of selling every flag the comrades delivered. And the name of the Irish pub in Guangzhou where the deal was done. The Paddyfield!
