Sharp suit says so much in a GAA world without any frills

We chuckled about the suit a little on the sidelines at the Rockland GAA club on Saturday, but there’s a nice reason why Elliot Whitney wears it, writes John Riordan.

So many breakthroughs have happened within the association during the past 15 years. Momentous evolution has brought about foreign games at Croker, players revealing their sexuality publicly, advocate groups for these young athletes, new training methods to make them more professional than we should dare to dream.

But who will be the first inter-county bainisteoir to wear a sharp suit on the sideline? They brought in yellow cards and red cards and they allowed Hawk-Eye and God Save the Queen to emanate from the big screen at HQ. Will the GAA gaffers ever mimic the sartorial elegance of Pep Guardiola? Is it the ultimate forbidden frontier?