Kerry's Mike Quirke says some counties are using medical teams to carry messages

Kerry selector argues for the limited return of maor foirne as teams continue to try to work around communications issues 

THE MESSENGERS: Kerry manager Jack O'Connor, centre, with selectors Diarmuid Murphy, left, and Mike Quirke before the Munster GAA Football Senior Championship Semi-Final match between Kerry and Tipperary at Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney, Kerry. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

It has been over a decade since he played but come matchday Kerry coach Mike Quirke is still as animated as ever. The maor foirne restrictions ensure he has to be creative about it too.

During his playing career, Quirke came on during the legendary ‘startled earwigs’ encounter of 2009. He left the panel midway through the 2011 season, therefore missing out on Dublin’s breakthrough success of 2011. Now he is on the sideline alongside his former manager Jack O’Connor, looking and sounding at home.