Interview with Moss Keane in February 2010 about his memories of Ireland v England matches. Maurice Ignatius ‘Moss’ Keane made his Ireland debut against France in Paris 1974, just 4 years after taking up rugby in his early twenties following the lifting of the Gaelic Athletic Association ban on playing foreign sports. He decided he “did not need to be a rocket scientist to be a second row.” He went on to win 51 caps for Ireland. He was a member of the Ireland side that won the Triple Crown in 1982. Keane, a native of Currow, county Kerry, was also a very fine and athletic Gaelic footballer and Kerry under-21 full-back in his youth. He won Sigerson Cup medals while attending University College Cork (UCC) He used to play under the name Moss Fenton to trick the GAA, who at the time banned their members from playing rugby – and was a decent and enthusiastic golfer in retirement before cancer took a hold. It was Con Houlihan who coined the ‘few airs and many graces’ line about his near neighbour, He represented the British and Irish Lions on their tour of New Zealand in 1977 and was also a member of the Munster side that famously defeated the All-Blacks in 1978. On the 1977 Lions Tour to New Zealand, when asked for his comments after a game, Keane replied “The first half was even. The second half was even worse.” During the famous Munster victory over the All Blacks in 1978, following the lineout code being called at a Munster lineout, Keane was heard to exclaim “Oh Christ …