Kerry's Paul Murphy: Asking us to play all year round is quite the stretch

A new coach, new management, new team-mates, a new training base - all around Kerry defender Paul Murphy, there’s substantial change in green and gold for 2019. The Rathmore man is the phlegmatic sort and deals as authoritatively with the winter’s revolving doors as he does his defensive and sweeping duties on the pitch.

But mention the issue of the GAA club calendar to Murphy — he tweeted his frustration before Christmas — and it’s evident that change in that sphere isn’t coming at anything like the rate he’d expect. Certainly not in the context of an inter-county player trying to fit some downtime into his calendar.