‘There’s nothing to say we can’t do it, because we have done it’

Cathal King pauses when the question is asked.

Can the captain mind the newcomers on the Na Piarsaigh side ahead of Saturday’s All-Ireland club final against Cuala or do they sink or swim themselves?

“It’s probably a bit of both. I don’t think you can hinder them in any way from soaking it all up and getting used to it. You can prepare them a small bit, you can tell them how it’ll be or talk about how the grass will be, that you won’t realise until you get out there that it’s pretty much a carpet.