Louise Galvin: Training every day has become a habit

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Louise Galvin has recently returned to her native Kerry after six years with the Irish women’s rugby Sevens team. Picture: INPHO/James Crombie

Louise Galvin is used to fighting off forces, whether they are sporting opponents or the wild weather off the coast of her current residence near Killorglin in Co Kerry. She’s been bracing the elements to walk her new golden retriever puppy with her husband, former Kerry footballer Donnchadh Walsh, as they wait out the final legal work of the house they recently purchased.

The physiotherapists moved from Dublin at Christmas to work in a hospital setting in Tralee. Louise is delighted to back home in her native Kerry but the move did bring an end to a huge part of her life: her six-year-long career with the Irish women's rugby Sevens team.