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# late developer

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'I just shot up in size. I think I've grown from 5'7 to about 6'2'
'I started off playing GAA and never got involved in soccer until I was about 14'
'I was 13 when they named the squad for the Kennedy Cup. I wasn't picked - I remember bawling my eyes out'