A Kerryman’s first trip to Croker?

HE SPEAKS with a soft English accent but, make no mistake, Kevin Foley’s roots are deep in Kingdom soil.

The young Wolves full back has been called into the squad for tonight’s friendly against Brazil and, with the recent retirements of Steve Finnan and Stephen Carr, knows that the door has opened a little bit wider to the prospect of a full Irish debut.

And if that should come off the bench at Croker against the yellow and blue of Brazil, then it would be all the more fitting for a London-born boy with such a strong connection to the green and gold of Gaelic football’s own superstar tribe.