“So far it’s worked really well,” Scully says of Dublin’s fresh approach. “The season is that bit shorter again this year, compared to previous years, so it’s about getting mileage in the legs, up to match speed, The league is only around the corner and there’s no huge break in between games.
Niall Scully in action for of Dublin in the 2007 Bord na Mona O’Byrne Cup Final against Louth in Drogheda in 2017. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho Interestingly he played at wing back last Saturday, the position he first started in back in 2017, another sign perhaps of more fresh things to come: “Yeah, I think going back to 2017, that was the sort of role I was brought in for. Maybe it’s something new from what I’ve done the last three or four years, but early in the season like this, playing wing back does give the opportunity to run forward and back, and get some mileage in the legs.
Scully has the lean gaunt look of a marathon runner, his energy and appetite for scores on the field always matched by his desire to create them. What is unquestionably fresh about Dublin’s approach this year is that for the first time since 2014, they’re not starting as All-Ireland champions.
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