Two iconic leaders were ‘Mount Rushmore’ players for their respective counties, but their often-fraught managerial reigns have been a lesson in resilience
Pádraic Joyce and Kieran McGeeney will patrol the sideline for Galway and Armagh in Croke Park, hoping to steer their native counties to the promised land. Photo: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
Some random perspectives, in this momentous week, from people who have either played alongside Pádraic Joyce and Kieran McGeeney or soldiered for them …
“When he was a player, he was coaching us in the dressing room. He had an aura about him” – Kieran Fitzgerald on his former Galway team-mate, Joyce.