Leighton Glynn cemented his place as Wicklow GAA's most decorated playing by winning a 17th senior championship medal on Sunday.

A week after he won his eighth Wicklow SHC medal with Glenealy, the 31-year-old dual star collected his ninth Wicklow SFC medal following Rathnew's victory over arch-rivals Baltinglass in Aughrim.

"You'd have to pinch yourself to make yourself realise that you are after winning all these championships," he admitted in the Irish Examiner.

"It is absolutely great. It is just the way the club is. It is bred into every player coming up along to aspire to win county finals. Every young lad in Rathnew wants to play for the club and even at the game on Sunday there was more young lads than men. We try and pass it down to them as best we can."

Glynn noted how Rathnew's character had been tested to the limit on Sunday.

"By God it was hard fought. We elected to play against the wind in the first half and it was a bit of a containment job. We didn't do very well though. We went 1-10 to 0-5 down at the start of the second half and it wasn't looking great.

"The lads have that never say die attitude. We have been in a lot of county finals, 16 of the last 20. A lot of the lads would have been around for those finals and are well used to the going getting tough. We just had the know-how, probably a bit more so than Baltinglass in the last 10 minutes." Tweet

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