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10th April 2018
04:15pm BST

"Conor had glandular fever there during the League. He's only after coming back there, the Wexford game was his first game to tog out in. Obviously, he's been back in training a couple of weeks before that," said the Kilkenny legend on Thursday's GAA Hour Show. "He'll get a club game under his belt now next weekend, too, so he's hitting the ground running at the right time as well. "You could see the two games when he came on, he made a huge difference down in Wexford Park. He won dirty ball there as well, I'd never call Conor Fogarty a goalscorer now, but when he got on the break there he took off and he left Brendan Maher for dead."That comes from the training, it comes from the hard yards he puts in, it comes from his hunger to represent Kilkenny.
"He's probably been watching over the last few weeks, Kilkenny going well, he wants to be out there. His body language is huge, he sticks out the chest when he comes on. Conor Fogarty is 100% focused on winning the game for Kilkenny. "If you asked Conor Fogarty to go over and step on the corner flag to win a game for Kilkenny, he'd go over and do it."Conan Doherty was blown away by the former UL student's athleticism and strength.
"Pure power, directness, the finish was unbelievable, he's been so wired the last two games that he's come on. He's been bouncing around the place like a gazelle, you're wondering, is this boy even coming back from an injury? You can see the veins and muscle bouncing off his thighs when he's running back out the field," he said.That's always the way with Fogarty, who puts the rest of the panel to shame when training resumes every January.
"He's the sort of lad you wouldn't be togging out beside when you come back to training in January.You can listen to this chat and much more from Monday's GAA Hour Hurling Show. https://soundcloud.com/sportsjoe-gaa-hour/tjs-magic-tipps-problem-and-premature-bubbles
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