Larry O'Gorman

And Seamus Cavanaugh, the sub-goalkeeper, was in goal.

And I said, Guilhem, you're having a joke.

He said, no, Larry, that's the truth.

I couldn't believe it.

And we played a bit of 15 on 15.

And I scolded everyone that came around me.

I was so mad, so frustrated.

But he came over and he said, Larry, if we need you next Sunday, that's the determination.

I want you back to that level again.

So...

I think it was half time in Turles when Liam Griffin got a couple of shouts from the crowd bring on Larry bring on Larry so the change happened that Larry always brought on back wing back and I done quite well when I come back on but just to prove a point to Liam Griffin that you know he'll never drop me again and after the match I had said it to him never ever give me a subs jersey again

it hurt so much inside I don't know why it hurt but it did hurt everyone wants to be on the starting team yeah and I remember at the end when the All-Ireland was all over and I came into the dressing room and he gave me a big hug and he said do you remember what you said to me the day or the week in the build up to that league final semi-final again Galway quarter-final sorry and I says I can't really he says you said to me Liam you'll never ever give me a subs jersey again well now Larry he says you were dead right you proved me in a big way

Yeah, in terms of being messy, clumsy, flicking ball overhead, you know, not playing the ball that I should have been playing, overdoing it a bit too much.

You know, sometimes when you get so much laid back and so much, maybe, as the lads say, you're over-coving, you think you're above everyone else.

So he wanted me to stick to the plan and I probably ran off rails and he wasn't happy with it.

So he pointed a finger at me and said, I don't want any more of that.

off you come.

So it was a way to teach someone a lesson.

And he probably set an example to others as well that, you know, if you're not going to do what he asked of you, well then, there's plenty of room on the sideline for you.

Yeah, and not only me, but there were certain other individuals.