Walter Walsh aims to repeat 2012 heroics

If someone from Etihad Airways is reading, do Walter Walsh a favour and renew his RTÉ man-of-the-match voucher from the 2012 All-Ireland final. The man is too humble to ask himself.

“I think it’s expired now,” he smiles of his prize for that stunning bolter display against Galway. “I was in my final year of college and couldn’t get the week off UCD, in between the All- Ireland and that Christmas. “

The piece of crystal to go with it capped off the three most tumultuous days of the then 21-year-old’s life.