Best of luck to Monasterevan & Sallins in the EMS Copiers Senior Football League Division 3 Final this Sunday 28th July.
Venue: St. Conleth’s Park, 2.15pm
Meet the Captains:
| Name: | Cormac Stapleton |
| Club: | Monasterevan |
| Age: | 26 |
| Height: | 5ft 10 |
| Honours: | Keogh Cups in 2012 & 2017 |
| Someone who has had an influence on your career: | My father |
| Three words to describe yourself as a player: | Dedicated, focused & skillful |
| Favourite Sportsperson and why: | Odell Beckham Jr – one of the most explosive & dynamic athletes in the world |
| Who is the best player you played with? | John Dempsey |
| Best player you played against: | Michael Murphy |
| Most memorable sporting moment: | Playing in the All Ireland Intermediate Semi Final in 2012 against Finuge of Kerry |
| Favourite Club Player:
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Paul Maloney & Jimmy Gorry |
| Favourite County Player
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David Clifford |
| Best grounds you have ever played in: | Gaelic Grounds in Limerick |
| One county player you would like to see play for your club | David Clifford |
| Best Advice someone has given you: | Practice everything with both feet |
| Who’s the most skillful player on your team: | Padraig Nash |
| Young player in your club that we should look out for?
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Conor Lonergan & Eric Morrissey |
| What does it mean to you to captain your club? | It’s a great privilege to follow in the footsteps of some club legends over the years |
| Name: | Emmet Ralph |
| Club: | Sallins |
| Age: | 26 |
| Height: | 6’ 1 |
| Honours: | Minor B Championship 2009, 2010, Division 3 league 2012, Connacht Junior Championship NUIG 2013, Leinster Junior Championship 2018 |
| Someone who has had an influence on your career: | My Dad, Managers throughout and some senior players when I first came onto the panel |
| Three words to describe yourself as a player: | Committed, Passionate, Composed |
| Favourite Sportsperson and why: | Paul Flynn is up there, 4 all stars and no ego. Zidane in soccer, he had everything. |
| Who is the best player you played with? | Eamon (Jacko) McCormack and Damien Behan were something else. |
| Best player you played against: | Seeing Brian Hurley and Ciarán Kilkenny at minor explains how they’ve got to the levels they are recently. |
| Most memorable sporting moment: | Winning a minor championship was a high with the lads you grew up with. Will also never forget Robbie Keane scoring against Germany in the 2002 World cup. |
| Favourite Club Player:
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Couldn’t name one. Each brings something different. |
| Favourite County Player
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Michael Murphy (before him it was Paul Flynn). |
| Best grounds you have ever played in: | St. Conleth’s, as far as club grounds go I think Sallins is up there. |
| One county player you would like to see play for your club | Michael Murphy/Diarmuid Connolly |
| Best Advice someone has given you: | Back yourself.
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard |
| Who’s the most skillful player on your team: | Conor Herbert. |
| Young player in your club that we should look out for?
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A huge amount of young talent has come into our panel over the last couple of years. To look at younger than that James Dalton and Cian Grimes have bags of ability. |
| What does it mean to you to captain your club? | Huge honor to represent this team and the club, one of the things you think of growing up playing football. Very proud |
