From rugby star to woodwork entrepreneur
|(CNN)He’s used to anchoring scrums and smashing into tackles, but these days Ronan Loughney’s line of work requires a rather more delicate touch.
The former prop forward retired from rugby in 2017 and has spent the past 18 months establishing his own furniture-making business.
The transition, unsurprisingly, hasn’t been seamless for Loughney, who made 191 appearances for Irish province Connacht.