How soccer helped Watergrasshill's Seán Desmond find his finishing touch

“It's something I suppose you think of when you're a child or when you're out on the grass playing with your friends that, oh, I'm in Croke Park, and I'm getting the winning score or whatever."

ALL ROADS LEAD TO CROKER: Sean Desmond pictured ahead of the AIB GAA All-Ireland Hurling Intermediate Club Championship Final. Pic: ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

Seán Desmond’s numbers don’t speak to someone blighted by a lack of self-confidence. That’s because he’s not. Well, not anymore he’s not.

With 5-15 beside his name, Desmond has been Watergrasshill’s second leading marksman from play on the road to tomorrow’s All-Ireland intermediate club decider. Of their eight games on the road to tomorrow, there was only one - the Munster final - where his name was absent from the scoresheet.