Ireland were paid a touching gesture by their Fijian opponents ahead of their clash at the World U20 Rugby Championships, having having suffered three tragic losses in a matter of days.
The game of rugby was rocked on Monday by the news that former Scotland international Greig Oliver, the father of Ireland scrum-half Jack, had died after a paragliding accident in Cape Town, while out in South Africa to support his son in the tournament.
That tragic news came as the Irish team were already planning to wear black armbands in their final pool game, to honour 18-year-old St Michael's College students Andrew O'Donnell and Max Wall who died on the Greek island of Ios. Six players in the U20s squad are from the same Dublin college and were left "massively devastated" by the news according to coach Richie Murphy.
