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"He used to play a bit of soccer growing up and it was between the two of them for them for a good while, but he's really dedicated himself to the GAA recently, between his fitness and his skills, and sure Galway found out all about that on Sunday," said London born GAA journalist Conor Martin to SportsJOE.By God they did. Pace, power, directness and skill - he showed every one of them on his way to a first half goal that revitalised the London challenge and lit the touch paper for a superb individual performance. Watch the stunning goal from 3.30 or from the Gif below. https://twitter.com/GAA__JOE/status/1125087659427356674
Credit: RTÉ GAA.
He'd go onto kick another point, skin the post with a gilt edged goal effort as Galway tried everything, including double-marking to try and get to grips with him.
"The speed of the man, I've watched him play in so many different games and he just ends up being double-marked and fouled in every one of them, they just can't live with him...that was exactly how it panned out again on Sunday, Galway dropped back another half back on him just to try and handle him, and he was still leaving them behind him...He could cause nightmares for any inside back-line in Ireland..."The corner forward with the London father and Cork mother is definitely, one to watch in the qualifiers.
"There's such a passion for the sport over here, by half-time we had those lads rattled so we'll take that with us into the qualifiers and we'll go into it with plenty of confidence. When things go well, we'll put it up to any team," he said.
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