Ballinamere’s Brian Duignan gets his shot away with Kinnitty’s Patrick Dooley attempting to block when the sides met during this year’s Offaly SHC. Duignan's key role in Ballinamere breakthrough as final now awaitsKevin EganAnybody who has picked up a hurl or pulled on a pair of boots in the last 20 years is probably familiar with Al Pacino’s half-time speech in Any Given Sunday, talking about “a game of inches”. Brian Duignan’s penalty in the championship semi-final against St Rynagh’s (the home club of his father Michael) felt like that moment. Go through your technique and do the same thing and you will more than likely get the right result. “We started off when we were U-14, that’s where the journey really started for the majority of that group.

Source: Irish Independent October 18, 2024 19:14 UTC