Fly-goalkeepers coming into fashion in Ladies Football

Galway joint manager Maghnus Breathnach sees the growing trend of play-making keepers from the men's game crossing codes 

Maghnus Breathnach during his playing days for Galway. The former county goalkeeper is not joint manager of the Galway Ladies senior football team

Maybe he didn't know it at the time but Maghnus Breathnach was something of a trendsetter in Gaelic football.

Breathnach was a relatively new face in the Galway set-up when he left the comfortable surrounds of his own goalmouth and reached the Cork ‘45 in a Round 4 qualifier game at Croke Park in 2013.