'It's a fine art' - Jack Glynn on the case for a strong defence

2022 was definitely a breakout year for Jack Glynn.

Winning a Connacht medal and then reaching an All-Ireland football final with Galway were the high points. And if that wasn't enough he was named the GAA GPA Young Player of the Year. One prize that did elude him, however, was a Sigerson Cup medal, this after UL lost out to NUIG in their decider.

A year on and Glynn is back with Limerick college, hoping to go one better. A three-point win over UCC on Wednesday, a surprising result in some quarters, has UL up and running. Glynn was absent for the absent for the Mardyke encounter; a groin injury has him on the sidelines for now.

In his words, he can't seem "to buy a break" when it comes to the Sigerson. Last year he broke his jaw in going shoulder-to-shoulder with Matthew Tierney during a Galway training session.

Glynn recovered and eventually would make many sit up by his performances on the Galway full-back line during that run to the All-Ireland decider, a game where he managed to curb the threat of Kerry's Paudie Clifford for about 50 minutes.

Speaking at the launch of the Electric Ireland HEC & Camogie Third Level competitions, the Claregalway clubman spoke about the art of defending.

"When you're playing at a high level with your county, you can’t mark every forward the same way. You can’t paint everyone with the same brush," he said.

"Different players, you’ve to play them different ways. Shane (Walsh) is very direct. You might have to play out in front of certain players or you’d have to play behind or from the side or you might have to be more aggressive with other types of players. It’s a fine art really.

"You have to know your opposition. When you know your opposition, you can plan how you go about defending and