It’s such a perfect day for unsung hero Scanlon

THE invaluable contribution of one the quiet and unsung heroes of Kerry’s All-Ireland winning squad has emerged as one of the key pointers from in-depth analysis of Sunday’s final from championship sponsors Vodafone.

The individual statistics show that Seamus Scanlon had the perfect day in the possession stakes as he was on the ball all of 20 times during the course of the game and had an unblemished pass completion rate, finding a colleague on each and every occasion.

Only his midfield colleague Darragh O Sé and Cork’s Nicholas Murphy won possession more than Scanlon (21 times each) but neither managed Scanlon’s 100% completion rate – O Sé failing with just three passes and Murphy with five.