Ballygiblin want to 'ride the wave' as long as they can

JUMPING FOR JOY: Ballygiblin players celebrate at the final whistle. Pic: INPHO/Bryan Keane

Ballygiblin coach Ronan Dwane stood proudly in the tunnel of Croke Park - in the same spot as last year - as he paid tribute to ‘a really lovely bunch’ of players.

“There’s great fun in them, they’re a great gang. It’s not the be-all-and-end-all with them either. Some days there you’d say, maybe they’d be coasting along a little bit, but when the pressure comes on in Championship, they’re great hurlers. They’ve a great temperament for it as well and great understanding of the game from a tactical point of view of trying to do anything, they understand it well. They’re a really lovely bunch.