Golden moment a ‘fantastic feeling’, says jubilant O’Driscoll

THROUGHOUT the hour, Colm O’Driscoll’s role had involved hard running across the pitch, but in the dead time of yesterday’s All-Ireland U21 final, the wing-forward’s input was a scoring one.

When Aidan Walsh broke through and unleashed a blistering drive goalwards, Down goalkeeper Gavin Joyce could only parry it and it was the tireless O’Driscoll who the ball fell to.

“When Aidan took the shot, I couldn’t believe it came to me. The goalkeeper was unlucky not to hold it but it broke for me and I pulled on it as hard as I could. When you’re two yards out you’re just praying you won’t miss. You swing at it and hope for the best, and this went to the back of the net.