‘He had the talent to play almost anywhere and some days with Roscrea he was unplayable; he’d score two or three tries’
There are also photos of their women’s 15s internationals Aoife Dalton, Nicola Fryday, Shannon Touhey, Alisa Hughes and Leah Tarpey, as well as women’s Seven international Megan Burns, women’s Under-20s international Caoimhe Guinan and men’s Under-20 international Ronan Foxe.Izuchukwu’s debut for Ireland against Fiji means Tullamore RFC can complete the set with the club’s first men’s 15s international.
“He had a sort of casual attitude but he always had such an abundance of talent that you were waiting for the fire to light. He’s a fantastic young man. I was only talking to him on Tuesday and he’s so humble and such a nice guy.” There was no TV or wifi in the family home and Izuchukwu once said: “My biggest misconception when I was younger was thinking we were quite poor because we didn’t have that stuff, but my mother never valued it.
His sister Ciara played some camogie and was very strong academically. She is now a senior actuarial consultant based in Bermuda but is home and will attend Saturday’s game, as will his brother and mother. His brother Chinnie earned an athletics scholarship to UCD. He has produced music under the moniker Chinnie Izzie and was a big influence on his younger brother.
It was his mum who moved Izuchukwu from Coláiste Choilm to boarding school in Roscrea after his Junior Cert, although a Leinster Branch ruling meant he couldn’t play rugby for his new school’s first team for 20 months. After five appearances that season, Izuckukwu was given an upgraded two-year contract, but though picked on the Emerging Ireland tour at the start of the 2022-23 season it wasn’t until Richie Murphy’s arrival that he became an Ulster regular.
“He was a back in a previous life, so we stuck him in the backline and we got him to carry off five-man and six-man lineouts, and he’s done that reasonably well. But still his most effective stuff is carrying through traffic because he’s very strong and powerful. So, we’ve used him in both ways.”“The difference between the first tour and the second tour was chalk and cheese,” said Andy Farrell this week.
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