Rocky Elsom In Hiding, Shels Storm The Gaiety, Ireland-All Blacks Preview
It’s been a brilliant and very, very varied week on the Second Captains World Service. On Tuesday, we spoke to former Leinster star Rocky Elsom, who’s currently in hiding having been found guilty of financial crimes and sentenced in absentia to five years in prison in a French court last month. He says he was never made aware of the trial, and insists he’s innocent.
In early October, Rocky Elsom gave a rare interview and revealed he was living in Dublin
Five days later, he was sentenced to five years in prison for financial crimes committed while president of Racing Club Narbonne in France
He speaks to us todayhttps://t.co/WQxQi2nlnC pic.twitter.com/wWUcLFK8MV
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On Wednesday night, we took to the Gaiety theatre for a jam-packed show which included a brilliant chat with two of Shelbourne’s League of Ireland-winning players, Sean Boyd and John O’Sullivan.
And of course we previewed Ireland’s first autumn series international against the All Blacks with Gerry Thornley and the BBC’s Chris Jones, a fixture which nowadays contains nothing but BEEF.
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All Blacks legend Justin Marshall and Second Captains rugby correspondent Ken Burley walk into a room… https://t.co/bCYn0a27wS pic.twitter.com/0I7JkR851p
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