Monday 20 May, 2013
IN LIGHT OF Jamie Heaslip and Paul McGinley being confirmed as respective Ireland rugby and Ryder Cup captains, we had a mental whip-around and have come up with the 10 greatest Irish captains.
We hope that your favourite is in there, and we expect plenty of healthy debate in our comments section below.
Club and county captains are not eligible for this ultra-official top 10.
If you think  there are any glaring omissions, please let us know. Now, in no particular order:
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Trent wasn’t captain when we beat England at the T20 world cup. Will Porterfield was.
should still be O’Driscoll until he chose to step aside. Bad move by Kidney even if we get a grand slam this year.
Re O’Connell, O’D was captain in 1006 against England for the 43-13 win. O’Connell captained earlier that season when O’D was injured for the first Croker game against France.
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