Kerrigan: Goal is to win the county, it always is

Paul Kerrigan has donned the black and green shirt very sporadically this year. Cork football, as is the norm during the spring, dictated his agenda and yet there were few evenings you wouldn’t see Kerrigan leaning against the fence at Trabeg on the South Douglas Road.

When free from inter-county duty, Kerrigan would be one of the first arrivals for club training. He’d tog off, head down to the far goal along with Barry O’Driscoll and the pair would kick frees for the hour. Even during Kelleher Shield games, he was on the line serving as a water carrier.

It sent out a message to the team’s foot soldiers no man was above the cause. Indeed, Kerrigan says it’s an unwritten rule you have to be seen in the club. Regardless of your standing at inter-county level, tradition demands you attend every Nemo Rangers gathering. Failure to do so you’ll suffer the consequences.