Shane Duffy ready to deliver on tall order

There is no sure way of proving it other than asking the leading candidates to stand toe to toe, but Shane Duffy may well be the tallest man to have played senior football for the Republic of Ireland.

He’s certainly in the top three.

Listed as 6’ 3” in the FAI’s recent match programmes, Wikipedia has him pegged an inch higher, while the player himself smiled as he loomed over his inquisitors on the subject in Versailles over the weekend and offered 6’ 5”.