Paul Geaney glad to rediscover his spark and love for football after tough period

"In the off-season, I probably felt I might pack it in, actually. I wasn't playing as good, or I wasn't invested. I wasn't giving everything to the club either in a lot of senses."

LOVE OF FOOTBALL: Kerry footballer Paul Geaney poses for a portrait with the Sam Maguire Cup at the national launch of the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Series at the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Thirteen senior seasons in the green and gold and Paul Geaney reports last Saturday’s defeat to Meath was only the second time he was unavailable for Kerry in championship.

He returned to training on Tuesday night, confident that bone bruising in his shoulder will be fine after he shipped a knee to it in the win over Cork last month. His only other SFC absence? Against Cork in the Mark Keane Munster semi-final of 2020.