John Hayes played a few seasons with Shannon too.
Billy O Shea was Shannonās biggest legend. The silver fox
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Andrew Thompson was a great player.
Fondly remember watching him in Thomand park with my father and grandfather who played for Shannon. Munster senior cup medal with Dolphin in the 1940ās also - which is a blight on him. 
Its sad to see club rugby now so down.
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Correct, he did. John Hayes was affiliated to Bruff for a lot of his caps though.
Colm Tucker is the most decorated Shannon player with the British Lions. He started (and finished) the 3rd and 4th tests in Port Elizabeth and Pretoria in 1980.
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Tuckers are a big Shannon family.
Seems to be real hatred towards him On here but Iāve good time for him. He was a very good but not brilliant player who always gave his best for Munster and Ireland.
Iād also have huge respect for him for walking away when his heart wasnāt fully in it. Itās easy to take another contract and just get by half heartedly for a couple of seasons.
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A Laoisman is Shannonās greatest ever.
Stander will be a huge loss for Munster. A good guy to be honest - best of luck to him and his family.
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Colm Tucker was a terrific flanker. Only won 3 caps for Ireland. His misfortune was to be vying with Slatts for the Number 7 shirt.
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Fuck away out of it, you know nothing about it.
Heāll be a loss but thereās a couple of seriously talented young lads coming along. Theyāll benefit from this.
Great that heās able to leave the game injury free with a few pound in the bank.
Seems like a very likeable fella. Munster wonāt easily replace that mate.
Fuck him. Heāll be forgotten in a couple of years.
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For most of the team of us - a couple of weeks id say mate 
Heāll never be one of us and thatās the long and short of it. Good luck and thanks.
So itās Andrew Thompson with the most honours won as a Shannon player.
Think itās Alan Quinlan as the most capped Shannon player for Munster, also featuring on both European Cuo winning teams in 2006 and 2008.
John Hayes (105), Peter Stringer (98), Marcus Horan (67) and Anthony Foley (62) all have more Ireland caps than CJ Stander (50).
Colm Tucker has the most British Lions test appearances for a Shannon player.
Anyone have any idea why @Halfpipe was claiming that CJ Stander is the most decorated player in the history of the Shannon club?
true enoughā¦
Did he captain SA to an underage WC?
Iām surprised at you Dan, that you would even suggest a lad without a British and Irish Lions cap could be in the reckoning when discussing such matters. While Colm Tucker merits discussion, Colm never managed to win a Test match with Ireland never mind captain them to a Test win like CJ. Add to that his Grand Slam win and getting to a world cup quarter final and it is clear that CJ is Shannonās most decorated.
More remarkably, he has come through and done all this at a time when Shannon and the club game in Limerick has been at a low ebb. With him leaving now the best that can be hoped for is he has inspired a new generation in the area.
Jokes aside, it is a shame that club rugby has been decimated by these IRFU franchises,
The game is fucked when the best young players choose fucking Munchins schools rugby rather than Shannon in terms of playing the game at 15 years of age etc.
I donāt know a whole pile about it admitedly, but the cunts are shooting themselves in the foot with that craic.
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