White over the moon to be back

Gary White felt wanted. An email from Jason Ryan last October to Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon where he was stationed on United Nations and he was sold.

The Sarsfields man had left the Kildare panel in February of last year. The lieutenant was required to complete a tour of duty and it was only a question of when.

There he trained twice a week, while keeping tabs on what his team-mates were doing at home. It was a killer, especially when he was listening and watching them notch up wins in the early part of 2013.