Ryan: we always had talent

TRY telling Jason Ryan that managing a county team is the next best thing to playing and you’ll get the predictable response from someone still active at club level.

So, it’s easy to appreciate how he felt three weeks ago, when he walked out on to the field with the Wexford players before their GAA Leinster football championship semi-final against Laois in Croke Park

“Would I like to have been out there, I’d love to,’’ he answers enthusiastically. “It was incredible, my first time being involved with any team there. I’d really love to have been playing. It would be brilliant.’’