The Leinster player says playing Gaelic football and rugby while in school has stood to him
Robbie Henshaw pictured in McCauley Pharmacy in Redmond Square on Tuesday afternoon. Pic: Jim Campbell
Robbie Henshaw is not your stereotypical Leinster and Ireland rugby star. While trends are changing, the main route for success on the playing fields in the province remains with fee-paying schools.
But for Henshaw, the accomplished accordian player with a solid GAA background, the question whether he should consider transferring from Marist College in Athlone to a heavy hitting rugby school like Clongowes or Blackrock was never on the cards.