Dedication measured in miles

During his Formula 1 career, Nigel Mansell earned the moniker ‘Red Five’ after the number of his Williams car and the name stuck so much that he gave it to his yacht.

For a generation of Cork football supporters their red five was Ciarán O’Sullivan.

From 1993-2004 he soldiered for the county, winning five Munster titles although an All-Ireland remained elusive, with final defeats in 1993 and ’99. While his final appearance, against Fermanagh in ’04, came at centre-forward, it was at right-half back that he made his name, winning an All-Star in 1999. Last winter, when the official Cork website ran a poll to find the best 15 Rebels never to win an All-Ireland, he received 78% of the half-back vote.