Seán Kelly: A jack of all trades ready to master one this Sunday

Kelly, Liam Silke, Kieran Molloy, and Seán Fitzgerald were all auditioned in the full-back role during the League. Come April 24 and their Connacht opener against Mayo, it was Kelly they plumped for.

COMING OF AGE: Galway captain Sean Kelly. ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

In his 12 championship appearances prior to Galway’s Connacht opener earlier this year, the spread of jerseys worn by Seán Kelly - numbers 2, 7, 12, 22, and 23 - read like a Saturday night club lotto draw.

The variety of numbers he pulled over his back during his first four seasons with Galway was in keeping with the variety of roles handed to him by Kevin Walsh, firstly, and later Pádraic Joyce; stretching from a full-of-running impact sub, a free-scoring half-back who kicked 1-2 on the afternoon of his first championship start, a hard-working and utility half-forward, and lastly a ball-playing corner-back.