Starlet McCloskey has bright future

Liam Watson’s 3-7 was the talk of hurling after Loughgiel Shamrocks won the All-Ireland club final on Saturday last, especially when coupled with his phenomenal tally of 16 points in the Antrim side’s defeat of Limerick and Munster champions Na Piarsaigh in the semi-final.

Among a number of outstanding individual displays in both of those games, however, there was also another Loughgiel player who really caught the eye.

“Who was the number four?” everyone was asking, “Where did this guy come from, why haven’t we heard of him before?”