Mick Galwey: 'If Ireland didn’t have GAA we would wipe the board with New Zealand every day'

The former Munster and Ireland lock opens up on Kerry football, low points and the Neil Back controversy
Mick Galwey: 'If Ireland didn’t have GAA we would wipe the board with New Zealand every day'

Mick Galwey - pictured for Heartburn Awareness Week. ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Jack O’Shea could have been one of the world’s greatest rugby players, attests his former Kerry teammate, Mick Galwey.

Galwey, who won an All-Ireland with Kerry as well as earning 41 Ireland caps, has likened O’Shea, holder of seven All-Ireland medals, to renowned All Blacks number 8 Kieran Read, twice a World Cup winner.

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