Pat Shortt’s sporting memories: ‘I came out like a whirlwind and went at him. Didn’t I knock him to the ground with one of my first punches!’
An eventful knockout brought the curtain down on Pat Shortt’s fleeting boxing career. Here, the beloved comedian and actor shares three stand-out sporting memories...
Pat Shortt and Doug Howlett, former Munster Rugby and All Black player pictured in Thomond Park at the launch of Limerick World Club 7s in 2014. Photo: Liam Burke/Press 2
as told to Chris Wasser
In 2001, Munster played Stade Francais in the Heineken Cup semi-final in Lille.
Six of us travelled over in a camper van from Limerick, and there were conspiracy theories at the time that the organisers had moved the match to Lille because there was no video referee there.
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