The passage of time stops for no man and there was no clearer example of this than the U6/7’s training session on the back pitch at Lansdowne this past Sunday.

Previous club captains Stephen Keogh and Graham Quinn and former players Mark Forrest, Mark Quinn, Paddy Flood, Gavin Lee, Gary Notley, Ross Bloomfield and Brian McDermott, amongst others, are taking on a new role of coaching their kids and molding the next generation of Lansdowne players. In some cases, this is the third generation of families playing for Lansdowne and demonstrates the role the club, and indeed, rugby, plays in our members lives.