O’Sullivan seizes the day

BEYOND the ice baths and recovery sessions, the careful diet and early nights, the final whistle in an All-Ireland title still has the power to turn a man’s focus to mush.

Ask Darran O’Sullivan. Having shaken off the supersub tag to captain Kerry this season, when referee Marty Duffy called time on yesterday’s game, the Kingdom skipper was, by his own admission, lost in the moment.

“It’s an amazing feeling – when the whistle went, I was overcome with emotion, to be honest with you. I didn’t know what to do with myself, I was wandering back and forth. It’s a great feeling.”