Speaking on anything and everything on the Last Word today, Padraig Harrington talked about his final game of Gaelic football.
Golf is jammed with lithe young athletes these days. But in the pre-Tiger Woods era, when names like Raymond Floyd and Hale Irwin adorned the landscape, it was the sport for guys who were no good at other sports.
Or at least that was Harrington's view of the scene.
Cooper asked Harrington if this was true of him. Harington denied this, referring to his glory days captaining his school team in Croke Park. It was a traumatic experience.
Playing at full-back, he was assigned to mark a squat little full-forward who he idly presumed wouldn't trouble him overly much in the speed department.
Harrington: My last game of Gaelic football was in Croke Park. I captained my school team. I marked Dessie Farrell and he ran rings around me. I always say this. I've never seen a guy to this day who was so much faster than he looked
Cooper: Really? Cos, he's quite squat
Harrington: Yes, and we're being polite when we say that. I know Dessie know and. But he was surprisingly fast and soloed the ball literally six inches off the ground. I couldn't get down to him! It was a technical error on our behalf. I was full back and I was moved out to centre back to mark him. And it was a big mistake cos I didn't have the ability to keep up with him.
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