Rules Reaction

CORK goalkeeper Martin Coleman said after the game he’d been wearing his helmet while watching television to get used to it.

“I’ve been wearing it for the last three or four months, in practice matches and in the ball alley. In training I keep it on all the time, so after four or five minutes of the warm-up you forget you even have it on. I suppose the fact that the rule is there, and it’s hardly going to be changed, means we’re just going to have to get on with it.

“I know a lot of fellas are wearing it going to the gym and so on, I haven’t gone that far but I suppose I was wearing it while I was watching television alright just to get used to having it on my head. But the only real way to get used to it is through training and matches.”