Trivia Pursuit

By popular acclaim, it's back, everything you wanted to know about players and administrators but were afraid to ask. This week it's Blackrock College and Leinster hooker Shane Byrne (right) who bares his soul.

1. Favourite line from a movie? "We're not beaten. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pear Harbour." John Belushi tries to rally his dejected troops in the movie Animal House.

2. What book are you reading at the moment? "Well the one I just finished recently was J R R Tolkein's Lord of the Rings. It's a huge book and took me about three months to read. I couldn't get over the ending, it was so disappointing. (Editor's note: for those reading or hoping to read the book, please don't read on.) I mean yer man jumping into the volcano with the ring: it was a bit lame."

3. Nickname? "It's Munch. I would like to point out at this stage it is not because of my rounded but honed figure. It is definitely not because I eat all the time. Franno (Neil Francis) started it. He called me Micky Skinner after the England international. He (Skinner) was called Micky the Munch so then I was referred to as Baron Von Munchausen. And it was just whittled down to Munch for everyone except Franno who keeps calling me Baron."

4. Meat and two vegetables or Lemon Sole with a garlic jus? "Definitely meat and two vegetables. In fact a McDonalds with courgettes would be just fine. Rugby players unfortunately are forced to have a high pasta threshold. That's why dining out in Rome would be wasted on players last weekend. I mean you're not exactly going to be rushing out to have pasta or spaghetti."

5. Loaded Men's Magazine or Rugby World? "To be honest anything that I can lift from others on car and train journeys. I don't think I've been seen in a newsagents too often."

6. Two things that you would bring to a Desert Island? "Liz Hurley on the condition that there were no clothes involved. I wouldn't need anything else."(Editor's note: he did say "Sorry Caroline" afterwards).