At the gate, the steward offered the same advice as his selectors but Griffin was stubborn in his unwillingness to divert. There were fellas everywhere screaming, ‘Get the f*** out of this game’ and, ‘What the hell are you doing?’ All rubbish. He’d be a big GAA man. Often the white heat can be most intensely focused on those who walk the white lines. Like Griffin, Walsh could recognise the aggressor again and, as it happened, there was an approach after an emphatic win over Donegal in a subsequent qualifier in Markievicz Park.

Source: Irish Independent May 01, 2021 01:30 UTC