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Rob Hennelly
GAA player Mayo GAA Ireland
Mayo goalkeeper Rob Hennelly says that teammate Cillian O’Connor has done more than enough to be considered a marquee forward by now.
O’Connor embellished his growing reputation by hitting 0-8 in Mayo’s recent Connacht final win over Galway having already been twice crowned Young Footballer of the Year in his short career.
An accusation that has been levelled at Mayo for the past number of years is that they lack a forward in the class of the likes of Colm Cooper, Michael Murphy or Bernard Brogan, though Hennelly insists that the charge should now be dropped.
He said: “The thing about marquee forwards, if Cillian O’Connor isn’t classed as a marquee forward at this stage, I don’t know who is.
"He’s been the top scorer in the Championship and he’s two years younger than me like.
“It’d be a bit harsh to say he wasn’t, then you have the likes of Andy Moran, Kevin McLoughlin, Alan Dillon, Jason Doherty.
"So that issue is put to bed or should be put to bed. “I have to try and stop shots from them as well so I know all about it!"
Although they were just a point short of Dublin in last year’s All-Ireland final, Hennelly stressed the need for Mayo to try something different this year.
“As a bunch, I think the most important thing for us this year was that we didn’t go in with the same hand and we definitely haven’t.
"We’ve added players to the squad and lads who were peripheral players last year are big players for us potentially this year. “Jason Doherty and Jason Gibbons and we’ve got Keith Higgins, who went back corner-back, Chris Barrett is there as well so we’re an extremely positive bunch and we’re just excited to be back.
"The hardest thing was starting again at the start but now we’re back in Croke Park.”
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