Kieran Shannon: Davy Fitzgerald curveball further proof of the draw of women’s GAA 

Just as it seemed as if Davy was finally going to step off the inter-county carousel for a while, he’s gone and hopped back onto it
Kieran Shannon: Davy Fitzgerald curveball further proof of the draw of women’s GAA 

Just as it seemed as if Davy was finally going to step off the inter-county carousel for a while, he’s gone and hopped back onto it

When it appeared a while back there that Davy Fitzgerald was going to be the Galway senior hurling manager, a Spurs fan of our acquaintance quipped, or at least predicted, that it would go much the same way as Jose Mourinho’s stint at Tottenham. The old Midas touch was gone, it would all end up in tears.

As it transpired it didn’t even begin. King Henry, deciding he was no longer going to wait for Brian Cody to vacate his rightful throne, was the preferred choice of the Tribesmen, a measure of their boldness and ambition and also how Fitzgerald’s stock had fallen from where it was a couple of years ago.

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