Pat Rafter recalls marking the Galway manager in the 1999 Connacht championship, and looks ahead to his son’s chance to take on the Tribesmen.
WHEN THE GALWAY footballers arrived in Ruislip in May of 1999 for their opening Connacht championship game against London, they travelled as reigning All-Ireland champions.
Starting at full-back for London in that 1999 Connacht quarter-final was Mayo native Pat Rafter. Trotting towards him before throw-in was Pádraic Joyce the player. Pádraic Joyce the manager will face Rafte’s son Shay later this afternoon. Advertisement “I went to Chicago after the 1994 county final. I have a sister out there so I got hooked up with the Wolfe Tones club out there. I wasn’t intending on coming back and Tara got to the county final then in September 1995 and I came back the week before it.
“The supply of ball coming in to him was very hard to deal with. When they’re coming in waves, it’s difficult. This weekend welcomes another opportunity for the next generation of the Rafter family to leave an imprint for London when Galway come to town. Shay Rafter made headlines after his senior inter-county debut for the Exiles in the FBD League, scoring six points to help deliver a first-ever competitive win over Mayo. That result sent London into the semi-finals of the Connacht league, and marked a major milestone in Rafter’s progress from junior football to the senior stage.
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