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16th August 2017
12:15pm BST

Long was lured from hurling by Pat Dolan, who asked him to play soccer for Cork City in the summer of 2004, and he hasn't looked back.
After only a year at Turner's Cross and the departure of Dolan, Reading offered him a move as part of the deal that took Kevin Doyle across the water, and away he went to become a top striker in English football.
He's now with Southampton, and recently he caught up with Kilkenny star Richie Hogan to test his skills as part of the Sure Pressure Challenge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOn6bfNUeVE
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