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24th December 2017
11:17am GMT

"I went out kicking on my own," Brogan said of his rejections. "I really wanted it, I went to the gym more and I went after it and that's what got me there in the end."It was all-too-familiar for Thomas O'Connell though who learned the hard way just how much all of this meant to what would become one of the deadliest forwards the game has ever seen. But back then, he didn't have a clue what was happening and quickly found out who this Maynooth fresher was when he was just looking forward to a nice first year college game. It didn't pan out that way.
We just hope the manager eventually found out Thomas' name.
O'Connell had the last laugh though, featuring in a minor C semi-final and, in his own words, "it'll come good". What a story.Explore more on these topics: