Trading places – what if there was a transfer market in the GAA?

WAYNE GRETZKY, I’m sure, could well swing a hurley if you pressed one into his hand. But I don’t know if ice hockey’s Ringy has any interest in Gaelic Games.

‘The Great One’, as he’s known in North America, came to mind this week, when reading of the GAA All-Ireland SFC launch, which was held in Kerins O’Rahillys in Tralee.

With these set-piece affairs often serving up reheated quotes, RTÉ’s Ger Canning, admirably, nudged each of the provincial champions’ representatives for a fresh morsel of information.