Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo practices his hurling skills during a special training session ahead of making his debut for the Spanish giants against Shamrock Rovers in 2009. Photo: David Maher/Sportsfile
Tomorrow night may well be the final time Cristiano Ronaldo plays on Irish soil.
The sold-out World Cup qualifier will be the Portuguese legend’s seventh international against the Boys in Green since his first meeting in February 2005, a time when the majority of the current Ireland squad were still in primary school.