Now indispensable, Niall Scully feared he'd missed Dublin boat

Scully didn’t make Jim Gavin’s squad for 2016 and hit for America instead, like he’d done in the summer of 2015

Dublin footballer Niall Scully in Rathfarnham at the launch of the new virtual AIG Health Plus portal which offers free membership at www.aig.ie/dubgym for all Dublin GAA club players and members to a physiotherapy-led fitness and health online resource that includes virtual gym membership. Picture: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

He’s a current All-Star and a four-time All-Ireland medallist who hasn’t yet lost a Championship game, but for a while Niall Scully feared he’d missed the boat with Dublin.

The wing-forward often flies beneath the radar yet is one of the first names on Dessie Farrell’s team-sheet, starting 11 of their 12 League and Championship games last season.