Pat “Hopper” Hopkins

Age 30

Height 6’1”

Weight 10st

Hopper is a fitness fanatic who excels at a number of sports including soccer, tag rugby, cricket, badminton (not the one with horses) and cycling (as seen here sporting all all the essential bits of kit to rival the pros). He plays in the forwardline for the junior team when he’s not on holidays so unfortunately he misses a lot of games over the course of a season. Hopper has suffered a number of career threatening injuries and has grown very fond of Fitzy’s ice bath (not Smirnoff Ice). Pat is a great clubman and the man to contact if you are on the lookout for advice on a foreign holiday.

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Tommy Nolan

Age 25

Height 5’10”

Weight 12st 4lbs

Tommy has made the full back position on the senior team his own this year following a string of solid performances. A very classy footballer who reads the game well, many of his displays this season left manager Pete Warren tickled pink. He has modelled his playing style on his all time hero Pat Coyne. Still improving as a player, Tommy has a big career ahead of him with Davitts and maybe at a higher level. Rumoured to be related to The Nolan Sisters, his version of that group’s 1980’s hit “I’m in the mood for dancing” has wooed audiences regularly at parties (allegedly).

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Josh Ronayne

Age 20

Height 5’ 11”

Weight 12st 9lbs

Josh became an important attacker on the senior team this year before an ankle injury forced him to take a break. Before that he starred for the U-21 team with a string of terrific displays to claim the County C title and is sure to feature prominently on the County U-21 team next year. He was also a member of this year’s Mayo Junior panel. A strong running player who is deadly accurate with both feet makes him an extremely difficult opponent for any defender.

Josh is a former All-Ireland Scor na nOg recitation winner and says he wouldn’t rule out a career in acting when he quits playing football. His housemate and Davitts U-21 teammate Tommy Clarke (a keen movie buff) reckons that Josh could easily emulate Hollywood legends such as Will Ferrell, Jim Carrey and Ben Stiller. It is rumoured that he turned down a role in Fair City recently.

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Age: 26

Height: 5’ 10”

Weight: 13st

Frankie (aka Lula) was a goalkeeper for many years before moving outfield and establishing himself as one of the best full backs in the county. A tough, no nonsense defender, he played a leading role for Davitts in their successful bid to win the Mayo and Connaught Intermediate Championships last year before emigrating to Australia. He showed what a superb clubman he is by returning for the All-Ireland final in February, and came on as a second half sub in that game.

Before leaving for Oz, Frankie was a very popular DJ in the South Mayo area. He is also a lover of fancy cars and his green post van was the envy of his teammates before he left. It appears that Frankie has not lost the ability to pick up an auto bargain judging by the lovely picture of vehicle Reg. No 1BAM222 (source: Kevin Pups Daly).

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