‘Unfinished business’ drives veteran Nallen

JAMES NALLEN is just a year off his 30th birthday, but seems to have been around for an awful long time. He’s a veteran of three championship finals with Mayo, but still chasing his dream. What he describes as “unfinished business”.

A university lecturer in Galway, his biggest claim to fame is his consistency in the demanding position of centre back for club and county over the last 12 years. It earned him an All-Ireland club medal five years with Crossmolina, two All-Star awards in eight years and selection on the Irish panel for the 2004 International Rules Series.

It may very well be all he has to show on his sporting CV when he eventually calls it a day, but right now he’s not looking beyond Sunday’s Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football final against Kerry.