A dream date for O'Halloran
July 04, 2014
Cork's goalkeeper Ken O'Halloran
Comparing Munster final day to the Old Firm in Glasgow, the 27-year-old Rebel County custodian is looking forward to Sunday afternoon's showdown:
"It's something you dream of playing in - the final game in Pairc Ui Chaoimh too," the Bishopstown clubman says in The Irish Independent.
"You just hope you can deliver a good performance on the day. When you're summer training in Pairc Ui Chaoimh and the pitch is beautiful you pinch yourself sometimes."
Regarding his own role, O'Halloran adds: "When you're in goal you're on your own. Each game, while it brings its own different situations, maybe a bit like golf, a lot of it is dealing with mental challenges.
"Experience is the main thing. Once you've come through big days and played well, caught a high ball under pressure, made a big save, or nailed a good kick-out, you go back to those moments and use them as a reward.
"Different games give you different scenarios to deal with. Goalkeeping has taken on a lot more scenarios. You've a lot more sweeping to do and be able to spray the ball from hand and from the ground.
"It's a highly pressurised position and a highly rewarding one too when you get it right. It's arguably the most important position on the pitch." Tweet
