Calendar no issue for Corofin boss Stephen Rochford

The possibility of playing in the last St Patrick’s Day All-Ireland senior club football final will have no bearing on Corofin next Tuesday, insists manager Stephen Rochford.

Should the calendar year proposals come into force next season, the decider will be shifted to this December, but such ponderables fly over the heads of the Galway and Connacht champions.

As an All-Ireland winner with Crossmolina when he lined out at corner-back in 2001, Rochford has played the final on Easter Monday, so when he says the date doesn’t matter, he is speaking from experience.