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Published 12:29 12 Jun 2018 BST
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The Killeshin club man put his head where a lesser man wouldn't. It was one of those 60:40 balls that the majority of players would take a step back from. He knew there was serious contact coming but he wasn't for shirking and instead of celebrating with teammates, he spent the night of one of his biggest triumphs in the Laois jersey in the Mater Hospital. Those are the lengths these lads will go to, this is the strength of their characters.
Colm Parkinson paid tribute to his county's captain on Monday's GAA Hour Show.
"He dived head first onto a ball that he had no right to win...He's put his body on the line for his county," said Wooly. "He knew diving on that ball, 'I'm getting it here,' but he still dived on it, and that's what championship football is all about and that's what captains are for."They say that the pride of victory can overpower any physical agony and it certainly appeared that way with Attride, despite a gruesome black eye and a clearly swollen head, still smiling through the pain from his hospital bed. https://twitter.com/NolanInfo/status/1006197703204790272
Credit: @NolanInfo - Twitter.And then you've O'Carroll. The UCD student's father Michael passed away on the week of the game and Laois folk were unsure if he was even going to tog for the game. He was brought on as a second half substitute, won a free and scored a point with the game in the melting pot. It can't have been easy for O'Carroll, on such a distressing week for him and his family but it'll be consoling for him and for them to know that his father would have been proud of his and his county's achievement. Colm Parkinson praised his countyman.
"He was really up for it yesterday. He celebrated winning a free, he celebrated his point with his hand in the air. He lives close to the Carlow border so that would have probably meant a lot to him, but I'd say those celebrations were probably for his father," said Wooly. "It was a great moment for him. I'm sure it was a huge release for him after a tough week that he had something at the end of it," added Cian Ward.Two courageous characters. You ca listen to this chat and much more from Monday's GAA Hour Show here. https://soundcloud.com/sportsjoe-gaa-hour/cillian-oconnor-record-john-surges-achievement-blood-sub-loophole
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