How Podge Collins helped hockey star Naomi Carroll conquer cruciate trauma

While it was far from a standard road to recovery, some big performances for Catholic Institute paved the way for a recall from Sean Dancer

Naomi Carroll and Podge Collins: Team-mates at Cratloe until age 16. ‘If we could have kept her past 16, we would have,’ says Collins.

Naomi Carroll is relishing her return to the Irish women’s squad for the European Championship in Amsterdam after a long and winding road, waiting in the wings since July 2018.

Named as one of the non-travelling reserves for the World Cup, the multi-talented Cratloe native subsequently suffered an ACL injury while on Clare Gaelic football duty, putting her out of action for close on a year.