Westlife annoy

Leinster's hopes of recording a second successive victory in this season's European Cup in Glasgow were not helped by an improbable…

Leinster's hopes of recording a second successive victory in this season's European Cup in Glasgow were not helped by an improbable source . . . Irish boy band, Westlife. Apparently the all boy combo had a concert in the conference centre next door to Leinster team's hotel. The players watched with some amusement as thousands of young Glasgow girls shrieked and swooned their way through the evening. Never seems to happen down Donnybrook way.

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John O'Sullivan

John O'Sullivan

John O'Sullivan is an Irish Times sports writer