Like father, like son: O’Dwyer jnr making waves

MICK O’DWYER’S son Karl is making waves as a team manager in Wicklow.

Karl, who played football for Kildare when his father managed the Lilywhites, is now managing two teams in Wicklow, group team St Mary’s in the SFC and Coolkenno in the IFC.

At Aughrim yesterday he guided St Mary’s, a combination of neighbours Coolkenno and Shillelagh, to a surprise 1-11 to 0-6 win over fancied Blessington, putting them in pole position to make the knockout quarter-final stages of the championship.

If he maintains this winning steak with both teams, he might well be considered to succeed his father as manager of Wicklow’s county team.