He recounted: ‘The ice cream van would pull into training at the Gaelic Grounds, and everyone was just chilling out on the field, having a 99. But for fitness trainer Joe O’Connor this was all part of the plan, with method in the perceived madness. “It’s about getting a group of 20-something-year-olds hanging out and having fun and it’s nothing to do with ice cream. “You’re never going to be 100% right but you need to be as right as possible for the biggest days. “It has to be a player-first approach because they’re the good guys, the ones that decide to this,” he says.

Source: Irish Examiner September 08, 2018 03:45 UTC