When the Lion was just a cub…

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Rob Kearney made his first start of the current tour for the British and Irish Lions in their defeat to the Brumbies today.

A picture of the Carlingford man has emerged from his time playing with Dundalk U-12s though and has recently been posted on the Dundalk RFC Facebook page.

Included in the photo are… Front l-r: Damian Murphy, Thomas Campbell, Robert Kearney, Rory O’Hagan, Ross Malone. Back l-r: Michael McArdle, Kevin Byrne, Dean Hearty, Barry Cumiskey, Robin McGee.

Below is a more recent picture of Kearney, as he and his Lions team-mates warm up for their first Test match against Australia on Saturday morning.

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