Galway's Derek Savage NAME: Derek Savage DATE OF BIRTH: 31-10-77 HEIGHT: 5' 8" WEIGHT: 11st CLUB: Cortoon Shamrocks COUNTY: Galway NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): 1 Sigerson 1996; 1 Ted Webb Under 16 1993; 2 Connacht titles' 2 Connacht Under 21; 1 Senior Connacht; 1 Connacht Colleges; a 1995 Gaelic Football Scholarship to UCD INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: League v Leitrim 97/98; Championship - v Mayo 98 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Tomas Meehan (Galway) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: McHale Park, Castlebar; Tuam Stadium; Croke Park HOBBIES: Listening to music, sleeping, socialising FAVOURITE POSITION: No 13 FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Trevor Giles (Meath), Peter Canavan (Tyrone), Colm O'Rourke (Meath), Bernard Flynn (Meath) INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Joe Burke, John Tobin, Tommy Keenan, Trevor Giles, parents THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Beating Mayo in May 1998 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing the 1994 Minor All-Ireland to Kerry OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: John Divilly, Niall Collins (Laois), MF Russell (Kerry), Michael Donnelan WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Professionalism, stricter enforcement of rules, cameras for off the ball incidents DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: The championship system - many of the top players spend all summer playing no county football. Players should be paid DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: Cousins who hurled at underage level for Galway and at club level PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Bill Clinton FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Come down out of the mountains' PET HATES: Jersey pulling corner backs! FAVOURITE MUSIC: Stone Roses, U2 FAVOURITE FILM: Tombstone IDEAL DATE: Chloe from Home & Away HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? As No 13 on Galway's All-Ireland winning 98 team Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 25th September 1998 Vol 8 No 39 Tweet

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