No half measures

Paul Galvin isn’t the first tough-tackling Kerry forward, but he’s an exception to the rule of thumb for Kingdom attackers. And that’s the way he likes it. Tony Leen reports.

TO SOME, the term, "Kerry forward Paul Galvin" is a contradiction, an oxymoron. The wing-forward is no Mikey Sheehy or Maurice Fitzgerald, but he may prove just as important this season in providing a platform for progress.

Sheehy had Tommy Doyle and Ogie Moran to hit, harangue and hassle. Even in 1997, Maurice had Pa Laide, Denis O'Dwyer and the still-performing Liam Hassett to toil and trouble anything in sight.