Blind in one eye, this is the moment Ian McKinley made his historic Test debut
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Six years after losing sight in his left eye in a horrific rugby accident, Irish flyhalf Ian McKinley battled the odds to make his much-publicized Test debut, coming off the bench as Italy beat Fiji 19-10 at the weekend.
Once an up-and-coming star in the Irish ranks, by many accounts McKinley was on track to seriously challenge Johnny Sexton for the position vacated by Ronan O'Gara. That is until a freak accident occured that left him eventually blind in one eye.Â
While playing in the Leinster system, a teammate accidentally stood on his face, thus impairing his vision and essentially starti…