Brian Jack

Brian Ó Beaglaoich was a little more diplomatic in his language, a little less nuclear in his verdict, but the Kerry defender was more or less on the same page as his manager Jack O’Connor: a couple of rules are proving problematic or are going to cause problems before the season is done.

Ó Beaglaoich – still basking in An Ghaeltacht’s All-Ireland Club title success, and still nursing a persistent calf muscle injury – had a watching brief at Sunday’s National League opener as the defending champions snatched victory from under Roscommon’s nose with a Tomás Kennedy point bang on the final buzzer. There was much to unpack from the game.