ronk wrote:Beirne took a pay cut (outbid by Scarlets!!!) to play for Ireland.Jonny tight lips wrote:True but would of been balanced to ask him both questions, then ask if it drive him to join Munster
He had no interest in joining Munster and would have stayed where he was if he wasn’t in the picture for caps. I have no idea to what extent he choose Munster over other provinces.
I’ve head him speak a few times and I sense some real animosity towards leinster, from the last interview with Luke it seems like he felt he wasn’t supported through his rehab. Luke mentioned how he got some treatment that Bernie didn’t get because he was a senior player and Bernie mentioned how he was a Luke’s place really frustrated (reading between the lines he was pissed off). Just an interesting story as he redeemed himself beating leinster in a semi final only fir the next chapter to be them getting the better of him twice the next year. His next move is to move to Leinsters biggest rivals. It’s a good story but to get it you have to ask him about his losses as well as his wins ..... by the end of it there will be a good book there.