Some 18 months on from his abrupt departure from the Arms Park, John Mulvihill is back coaching Cardiff players.
He’s doing so in the world famous colours of the Barbarians, who he is in charge of for Saturday evening’s encounter with Spain in the city of Gijon on the Bay of Biscay.
In a nod to his two and half years at the helm in the Welsh capital, the Aussie has selected five players he worked with there in Rey Lee Lo, James Botham, Scott Andrews, Kirby Myhill and Owen Lane. Since parting company with the then Blues, he has been employed in Russia, first with the national team and then CSKA Moscow, which has seen him operating against the backdrop of events in Ukraine for the past four months. But he still retains a home in Cardiff and sees that as his long-term base.
