Jack Kyle: the student who skipped class to play for the Lions against the All Blacks

Jack Kyle’s parents weren’t happy when he ditched his exams for a four-month tour but he paid them back with tries against the All Blacks and the WallabiesBy Jonathan Drennan for Behind the Lines, part of the Guardian Sport NetworkDr Jack Kyle was voted Ireland’s greatest ever rugby player in 2002, more than four decades after he has last represented his country. He first played for Ireland during the second world war in a friendly against a British Army XV but made his official international debut in 1947, the year before he helped Ireland win their first ever grand slam. He went on to repres…