Evans’ rescue act puts smiles back on Ardfinnan faces

If John Evans didn’t know he achieved something special with Ardfinnan, he realised it when a one-armed Babs Keating, the club’s most famous son, channeled his inner David Pleat and invaded the Holycross pitch after the club’s county semi-final win over Loughmore-Castleiney.

“Babs came running onto the field with the left shoulder strapped and he shook hands with me and he said, ‘You don’t know what you’ve done for this little village’,” chuckles Evans.