Buying a lawnmower lured Dublin's Sinéad Aherne back for one more cut

Aherne has been doing it for 20 years now. Season after season. This is the 13th year since she began in 2003 that the year will climax with an All-Ireland final appearance

FAMILIAR STYLE: Sinéad Aherne of Dublin during the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Donegal at MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Sitting next to Vera Pauw at the launch of a report on the impact of sport on women in business last January, Sinéad Aherne told a story about the buildup to the 2020 All-Ireland final.

Dublin played Cork just five days before Christmas and Aherne, the Dublin captain, was neck deep in end of year paperwork as a chartered accountant with KPMG.