'You're like, 'When will I ever get back? When will I ever be able to do what they’re doing?' That was something that I struggled with a lot.'
Éabha Rutledge with her family, from left: boyfriend CJ O’Higgins, mum Aislinn Harkin, dad Frank Rutledge and siblings Caragh, Fionn, and Beth Rutledge. Image: Eamon O Callaghan. IT WASN’T THE hat-trick of goals or even the provincial silverware alongside her beloved teammates that meant the most to Éabha Rutledge.
She missed training sessions, matches, and entire seasons, all in the hope that one day she would be out on the football pitch playing at the top level again. And following a 4-15 to 0-8 victory over Tinahely, the Crokes ace was thrilled to be back.“Honestly, like we’ve always said with the club, since we came up to the senior championship after winning intermediate in 2014, it was so much about what we would do if we won the senior championship.
She has learned patience in the most difficult circumstances, and even Dublin senior manager Mick Bohan’s call may have to go unanswered if the time isn’t right. One year later, Rutledge’s concussion nightmare had well and truly begun as she won another All-Ireland crown, however this time as part of the extended panel.
“He says it’s quite common for patients who suffer migraines that they would get this Botox in to relax their muscles. So, between that and different medications, then I worked with Santry Sports Clinic in terms of strengthening my neck and doing different exercises to release my back and my neck. “I think that was one of the hardest things for me was that, obviously, when you go to training and you want to be playing, you know, if it is like a hamstring tear or something like that, you can be doing rehab,” said Rutledge.really like? Rare insights on sport's biggest names from the writers who know them best. Listen to Behind the Lines podcast.“As footballers, we just want to be doing something to be making it better.
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