Nolan ready to step into O’Dwyer’s boots

PAURIC NOLAN begins his uncertain walk in the footsteps of a legend tomorrow.

He accepted the role as the first Kildare coach in a landscape changed by Mick O’Dwyer.

While some, mindful of Kildare’s surrender to Kerry last summer, might consider it a poisoned chalice, Nolan has taken to the challenge with gusto.