Age catching up but the Class of 2002 unsurpassed

It’s 10 years ago now that they all came on stream together, the one B and 4 Cs.

If this was American sport, they’d be called the Class of 2002 and probably the best class sport had known outside the legendary NBA draft of 1984 that gave the world Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley and John Stockton.

The young guns of Gaelic football in 2002 can hardly carry that same star power but it would be fair to say that never in the sport’s history have teenage players come along in one year and made both such an instant and lasting impression as Alan Brogan and the C quartet of Cooper, Cavanagh, Cluxton and Clarke.