Hogan ‘controlling the controllables’

The Big Easy, that’s golf’s Ernie Els, so named not just for his languid, easy golf swing but for his attitude to life.

But it is a moniker that could just as accurately be applied to Kilkenny’s Brian Hogan.

At 6’4”, Brian is an imposing figure. As centre-back on this most outstanding of teams he is also a commanding figure, yet everything he does seems so unhurried. Those loping legs enable him to eat up the ground, those long arms enable him to cover a vast area left and right, while that telescopic hand seems to pluck ball from the clouds, all done with seemingly effortless ease.