Moran: ‘I have had so many injuries now and I have got back from all of them’

BATTLE HARDENED: David Moran of Kerry, and his son Eli, lifts the Sam Maguire Cup after the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final match between Kerry and Galway at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

From tearing a groin muscle off the bone to tonsilitis 14 days out from an All-Ireland final, David Moran is well acquainted with adversity but a third All-Ireland medal on Sunday will stand as testament to his resilience.

In April 2011, he tore a cruciate against Monaghan, an injury which Jack O’Connor still believes greatly impacted Kerry’s All-Ireland hopes that year. Ten months later history repeated itself while training with his club Kerins O’Rahillys. Then, believing the worst was behind him, he tore his retina in a challenge game against Laois in 2013.