Pull the other one

Managing today's finely-honed elite GAA stars requires more than your standard physiotherapy degree, as Kerry's Louise Smith has discovered. She provided an insight for Colm O’Connor

LOUISE SMITH is smiling through gritted teeth as she defends the merit of her profession.

“I get it on a regular basis,” she says of those who question the role and requirement of the physiotherapist in GAA. “It is usually as a statement of fact as opposed to a question. It is especially prevalent when it comes to football!”