Greg O’Shea: ‘You can always make money, you can’t make memories’

Greg O’Shea: Sevens star could have squeezed the last drop of celebrity status amassed from his starring role in Love Island. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Greg O’Shea could have cashed in. He could have squeezed the last drop of celebrity status amassed from his starring role in Love Island, soaked up the adoration and reaped the financial rewards.

The route he took promised neither fortune nor fame but the dream of making the Olympic Games with the rest of the Ireland rugby sevens squad proved far more alluring than the bright lights and the big city.