Talented Murphy more than making up for lost time

CRAIG MURPHY might have followed in the footsteps of his grandfather, legendary Kerry All-Ireland football star Jas Murphy, were it not for the fact that one day he went for a training run with a group of athletes from Douglas Community School.

“He was playing football with Douglas at the time but he went for a run with a group of lads, he enjoyed it and he has gone from strength to strength since then,” his coach, Stephen Macklin, said. “He was already a second year student at the time so he was a late entry into the sport.”

On Saturday he will line up for the senior race at the KitKat Munster Schools Cross-Country championships at St. Augustine’s College, Dungarvan and while he will face the might of the older and more experienced pair, David McCarthy and Diarmuid Ó Foghlú, he will give a good account of himself.