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MALCOLM O’KELLY INTERVIEW: Gerry Thornleytalks to the the Lions, Ireland, Leinster and St Mary's College secondrow who has finally decided to call time on his golden career

FIRST GIRVAN and now Mal. A golden generation is coming to an end alright. And Malcolm O’Kelly was very much a key figure in that era. In terms of pure natural talent there has no more gifted lock than O’Kelly, with all due respect to Willie John McBride, Paul O’Connell, Donal Lenihan, Neil Francis and the rest. Big Mal was a total one-off.