Nash born in green but bred in Rebel red

A couple of years ago, sitting behind incumbent Dónal Óg Cusack and his long-time back-up, Martin Coleman, rumours were rife Cork’s Anthony Nash was transferring to Limerick. Never a runner, the Kanturk man confirmed earlier this year; whether or not he was ever going to make the number one spot his own, he was going to stick with Cork.

Now he is the current All-Star and will be between the posts when Cork take on Clare in Sunday’s All-Ireland final.

Though he grew up in the heart of Duhallow, Anthony’s family was rooted in Limerick and in the Nash back garden in the mid-90s, Joe Quaid was the man Anthony was emulating, not Ger Cunningham, Cork keeper of the day and current selector.