Ronayne relies on tried and trusted systems

TESCO HOMEGROWN ALL-IRELAND LADIES’ SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL:

As a member Eamonn Ryan’s Cork backroom team, that day changed not only Ronayne’s thinking on the depths of persistence, but it moulded a new generation of footballer also.

“That day in Croker was a rollercoaster and then two weeks later to win the county with Mourneabbey was incredible,” said the Mitchelstown man, who will oversee the Cork champions’ first bid for the Dolores Tyrell Memorial Cup at Tuam Stadium (2pm) against Termon of Donegal. “A friend of mine was telling me about his young fella, and how his friends were talking about that win by the Cork ladies and saying ‘no matter how much we’re down, we can still come back’. The nature of that win has spurred on every team, every GAA player,” he said of Cork’s win against Dublin.