Rugby Speak

"If I'd been playing we would have won

"If I'd been playing we would have won." - England international and Leicester scrum-half/ wing Austin Healy offers a deep and illuminating analysis of his side's defeat to Leinster at Donnybrook.

"You leave your younger brother alone." - Attributed to Mrs Wallace whose sons Paul (Lions and Ireland international) and David (Ireland A, Under-21) were due to clash when Munster travelled to Saracens in yesterday's European Cup. Family harmony was probably helped by the fact that Paul (the elder statesman) did not start the game.

"He's got a very bad temper." - Reported to be Paul Wallace's tongue-in-cheek response to the question, `what strikes you most about Peter Clohessy,' ahead of the Saracens game.

John O'Sullivan

John O'Sullivan

John O'Sullivan is an Irish Times sports writer