Focused Prout steps up to the grade

MICHAEL PROUT has to pinch himself to make sure he is not dreaming.

His rise to right-corner back on the Cork team to play Donegal today has been meteoric and he admits that 12 months ago he could not have envisaged himself stepping onto Croke Park in an All-Ireland quarter final.

“Like any player in sport, you always set you sights on playing at the top of your particular code, and I’m no different,” said the Shamrocks man.