The gallant art has always been surrounded with a halo of singular glamour, Nabokov once said, adding: “Aloof, solitary, impassive, the crack goalie is followed in the streets by entranced little boys.”

Garda Kieran O Reilly - him from Love/Hate - is also the lead singer in a band. Is there no end to his talents?

Saturday’s Waterford Crystal Cup clash between Cork and UCC at the Mardyke takes on extra significance as it will also be the first staging of the Canon O’Brien Cup.