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A GAME OF TWO HALVES

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Before Michael Conlon became a World Champion, before Paul O’Connell fell in battle, even before Shane Long vanquished the Germans, A Game of Two Halves traded the sports pitch for a very different kind of field and visited the National Ploughing Championships in Co. Laois.
Regular captain Shane Byrne was joined by two legends of the oval ball, Mick Galwey and Niamh Briggs, while Galway football ace Padraic Joyce hoped to lead hurlers Jackie Tyrell (Kilkenny) and Brendan Cummins (Tipperary) to victory.
Jacqui Hurley refereed the clash between Team Rugby and Team GAA, but who would come out on top?

RTÉ Radio 1, Monday 26 October, 1.30pm