Cork U20 boss Keith Ricken's simple approach: 'It’s about the three Gs — gear, grub and games'

Keith Ricken was at an U7 football blitz a while back, chatting to a pal on the sideline, when he heard one of the coaches roar out an order.

“It was a mentor from the other team shouting, ‘Break the tackle, burst out, find a man’,” recalled Cork’s All-Ireland winning U20 manager. “And I was saying to myself, I might say that to my 20-year-olds but these are fellas who believe in fairies, who wet the bed, do all these things, leave the landing light on until they are 12 or 13.”