‘The club had a huge influence on my career’ – Munster’s Gavin Coombes proud of Skibbereen roots in rowing country
No 8 relishing Sunday’s Champions Cup return to Toulon
Munster's Gavin Coombes during squad training at the University of Limerick. Photo: Brendan Moran/SportsfileConsidering he is a first cousin of Olympic medallists Gary and Paul O’Donovan, and given that he too was born in the heart of rowing country in West Cork, Gavin Coombes did well to avoid being put into a boat somewhere along the way.“I never rowed, thank God. I don’t know if I’d be any good at it. I’m a bit heavy for it, I think,” Coombes smiles.
