Being Troy Parrott: all you need to know

Five World Cup goals in four days, each more important than the one before. Truly the football journey of th einnr-city Dub has taken flight as Ireland move within reach of World Cup

COMING OF AGE: It may have taken time but Troy Parrott has come to the forefront of Irish football with a hat-trick to ensure play-off spot. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

This was the week the golden boy of Irish football morphed into the main man.

He may be 23 but the name of Troy Parrott has been part of the footballing dialect for almost a decade.