‘Whatever helps the team, I’ll do it’

For all the cryotherapy and treatments Darran O’Sullivan underwent to remedy his hamstring in time for this evening, deep down he knew he was behind the eight ball after scoring Kerry’s vital goal against Westmeath on Sunday.

“As I turned to shoot, I felt it straight away,” he recalls of the strike after coming off the bench in Mullingar. “Most people probably saw me running out and if it wasn’t so tight I probably would have gone off straight away. I figured I’d try and play through to the finish. Unfortunately, I did more damage to it.”

He doesn’t mind being collateral damage providing his absence isn’t felt against Tyrone in Killarney where he has been named among the substitutes.