Rugby Great Anderson is special guest at Club Down Banquet

The 5th Annual Club Down Sports Banquet in the Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle on Friday 16th November will feature former Irish international rugby star Willie Anderson. Capped 27 times for Ireland between 1984 and 1990 (including 4 World Cup appearances in 1987), Willie has gone on to coach with Leinster, Ireland and Scotland, as well as former club Dungannon and currently with AIL team Rainey Old Boys.

A towering lock forward with a massive on-field presence, he is probably best known outside of rugby circles as the man who once swiped the Argentine flag while on tour in South America, and as a result enjoyed 120 days of unplanned holidays as the guest of the Buenos Aires military junta!

An eventual career at the very top of sporting excellent provides the ever popular Willie with a host of interesting stories and he will be a novel addition to the banquet which also features music from Bonaparte’s Retreat and recent All-Ireland Scor winner Kerrie Kennedy.