The next ball is all that counts

In an age of professionalism in all things, it’s a little refreshing to meet an inter-county player who admits to being less than one hundred per cent sharp in a game.

By that reckoning Galway ‘keeper James Skehill is as invigorating as a cold shower in February.

“My first game back was the Leinster semi-final against Offaly. I was both physically and mentally blunt for that game; I wasn’t as sharp as I would have liked.