BYRNE RUBBER

Gibson-Park backs Blues team-mate to put pedal to the medals

- MICHAEL SCULLY

JAMISON GIBSON-PARK has backed Ross Byrne to lead Leinster to Champions Cup glory and give his young family another chance for a special Aviva Stadium celebration.

The scrum-half made it back in time from a calf injury for Ireland to come off the bench in Murrayfield before starting in the Grand Slam clinching home victory over England.

Afterwards, his two daughters Isabella 8) and Iris 3) joined the onfield party.

“Yeah, they love it, eh? The eldest is probably old enough now to grasp what's going on,’ Gibson-Park smiled.

“The youngest one hasn't a clue, she's away with the fairies, but it’s pretty cool. She's at school now so her pals would have watched and seen them on TV and all that kind of stuff?

It’s a celebration that could be repeated with the European decider locked in for the Lansdowne Road venue on May 20.

“Hopefully, all going to plan, said the Kiwi inset). We've got the chance now. There has been a lot of hard work to get to this point.