Gillane not paying much heed to the opposition

There’s a blissful ignorance to Aaron Gillane’s hurling that he is loathe to surrender. Although he set up Peter Casey for a goal, Brendan Maher had the better of him in last month’s Munster final. It was quite the compliment for 23-year-old as Maher, who had done fine man-marking jobs on Austin Gleeson and Tony Kelly earlier in the summer.

If there is a next time, Gillane should know more about Maher but he admits to not giving too much consideration to his direct opponents.