Cooper debut is etched on Leonard's memory

WITH a mischievousness that millions of siblings could identify with, Cathal Leonard just couldn't resist the temptation to wind up his older brother when he opened up the sports pages on that April evening four years ago.

'Cooper looking to hit the ground running' ran the headline.

Eddie Tatler O'Sullivan had rung the Gooch earlier that week to tell him that he would be making his senior debut that weekend in the division two league final against Laois. Fate had decreed that Pauric Leonard would be the man to mark him.