THE American Richard Rodgers — of Rodgers and Hammerstein fame — wrote over 900 songs for 40 Broadway musicals but he could never have imagined any of his compositions being chorused at a wintry GAA pitch in Carrick-in-Shannon.

SEAN KELLY claimed yesterday the appointment of Professor Greg Whyte as Director of Sports Science at the Irish Institute of Sport (IIS) had filled the “biggest void in high-class sport in this country".