He died at the end of September but because things are a lot slower here his funeral wasn't until the 10th October. During the interim I got in touch with OLSC and they were good enough to send me out some supporters flags including 2 of the big 5ft flags.
He looked great in the chapel of rest lying in his favourite Leinster t-shirt with one of the big flags over the coffin like a blanket. We carried him in to the crem with the flag draped over the coffin with a blue and white rugby ball made from flowers courtesy of a neighbour. His wish was that nobody was to wear black. His entire family wore Leinster or Ireland jerseys with every guest wearing their own rugby colours - Leicester, Worcester, Northampton, Scotland, England, South Africa, even my team mates of past and present clubs donned their respective colours. The vast majority wore Leinster and the rest of the flags were hung around the room we hired. Everywhere you looked you saw blue!
This was made possible thanks to the kind folk at the OLSC. He loved Leinster rugby and if he could have seen himself he would have been very proud!
I know its quite morbid but I felt like sharing the story of the day with true rugby fans. It was a more of a party than a funeral as we celebrated his life and love of rugby. A fitting send off for a proud Leinster man with a true passion for the game we love.
Thank you OLSC
