John Evans’ arrival and influx of talent inspires Roscommon’s Senan Kilbride

Senan Kilbride admits that he was going through the motions as a Roscommon footballer until the county’s conveyor belt of successful underage talent and new senior manager John Evans arrived on the scene.

It’s a noteworthy admission from a man who has been pivotal in St Brigid’s successes at county, provincial and senior level, but the April GAA/GPA Opel footballer of the month was honest yesterday in his appraisal of his career then and now.

“I was kind of going through the motions a bit a couple of years ago,” he explained in Croke Park. “I thought I was giving everything, but then in the last couple of years there has been a great set-up with John Evans and the management team.