When she was twenty-nine, a total hysterectomy left Ashley
Leavy feeling bereft, grieving, and needing the comfort of feminine energy.
And speaking at the launch of Vodafone's 'Ireland's Ball', a unique ball with fingerprints of 32 different people from every county,
Leavy (above) said of the injury was vital.
"It is quite a sight when you're seeing 40/50 scooters riding by, never mind the noise!" For more information on the event, and to find out how to get involved, contact the Renfrewshire Renegades on Facebook or get in touch with the club VIATRACY
Leavy.
Leinster star Dan
Leavy is fit after ankle trouble and could be in contention for his first appearance in this year's tournament.
In "The Big Fella,"
Leavy, as she did in her biography of Sandy Koufax, takes a single event, in this case Ruth's barnstorming tour in 1927 with Lou Gehrig, as the centerpiece for her narrative of Ruth's life from his early days when he was sent by his father to a Baltimore orphanage to his extraordinary and tumultuous career with the New York Yankees -- a career that,
Leavy contends, changed America's culture.
"Dan
Leavy and Robbie Henshaw trained this morning, so we've got them on a slightly different programme," said Schmidt.
Byrne converted and also brilliantly added the extras to
Leavy's try two minutes later.
"I wanted to be on the field when the stands emptied and marauding mobs waylaid him on the base paths, tackling, besieging, and occasionally holding him hostage to a new kind of love,'' best-selling author
Leavy writes in the book's intro.
Ireland: R Kearney (Leinster) K Earls (Munster), G Ringrose (Leinster), B Aki (Connacht), J Stockdale (Ulster), J Sexton (Leinster), K Marmion (Connacht), C Healy (Leinster), R Best (Ulster, capt), T Furlong, D Toner, J Ryan (all Leinster), P O'Mahony (Munster), D
Leavy (Leinster), CJ Stander (Munster).
Brian
Leavy works in Melville as M&T Insurance Agency's assistant vice president and group benefits specialist for the greater New York City area.
Openside flanker Dan
Leavy gets his chance to curb the breakdown dominance of Australian pair Michael Hooper and David Pocock, with Peter O'Mahony to captain the side from blindside flanker.
DAN
LEAVY 8 V JAMES DAVIES 5 Davies struggled to make any impact, negated at the breakdown and his usual handling game slightly off.
Flanker Dan
Leavy went in for his first Six Nations try after the break before Cian Healy obliged with the bonus-point score.
Jacob Stockdale bagged a brace, with Bundee Aki, Dan
Leavy and Cian Healy all crossing too as Ireland racked up a bonus-point victory to stun Warren Gatland's Wales.
