Puma unveils GAA stars as new boot launched

SPORTSWEAR giants Puma has unveiled its extended stable of GAA stars at the launch of the revolutionary new Puma King Exec football boot.

Several GAA stars have signed endorsement contracts with the brand for the 2005 All-Ireland Championships.

In 2003, Puma became the first global sportswear company to sign individual sponsorship agreements with six of the most high-profile players in Gaelic games.

They included Kilkenny hurling star Henry Shefflin and All-Ireland winning Kerry captain Dara Ó Cinnéide, both of whom were present at the weekend launch.

Puma’s contracted GAA players will all wear the newly-developed King Exec boot for the rest of the 2005 All-Ireland Championships.

The Puma stable includes: Henry Shefflin (Kilkenny); Jerry O’Connor (Cork); John Mullane (Waterford); Ben O’Connor (Cork); DJ Carey (Kilkenny); Trevor Mortimer (Mayo); Paul Clancy (Galway); Ciaran Whelan (Dublin); Dara Ó Cinneide (Kerry); Sean Cavanagh (Tyrone); Ross Munnelly (Laois); Christy Toye (Donegal); Bryan Cullen (Dublin), Padraig Clancy (Laois); Mark Vaughan (Dublin); Aaron Kernan (Armagh); Oisin McConville (Armagh); Stephen O’ Shaughnessy (Dublin); Tomas Ó Sé (Kerry), John McEntee (Armagh); Tom Kelly (Laois).