McGuigan ready to take Breffni chance

Ulster SFC Quarter-Final

That was always the traditional route but if anything, is even more important in the contemporary game, where learning best practice in training, diet and every other aspect of life as an elite sportsman is deemed vital to success.

Of course you always have to keep an eye out for the raw talent that might flourish when introduced to a top flight senior set-up. A late bloomer akin to Brian Lohan, who wasn’t good enough for Clare’s minor or U21 hurlers, but went on to be considered one of the best full-backs of all time.