Daye Conor Wicklow's Conor Daye NAME: Conor Daye DATE OF BIRTH: 4/7/69 HEIGHT: 5' 9" WEIGHT: 10st 7lbs CLUB: Eire Og, Greystones COUNTY: Wicklow HONOURS: 1990 Div 3 South NFL; 2 Ryan Cups with Trinity and 1 Combined Universities PLACE OF WORK: St Cronan's, Bray INTER-COUNTY DEBUT: versus Kilkenny in NFL, 1989, Nowlan Park FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Croke Park and Cusack Park, Mullingar TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Mick Kennedy, Dublin - toughest and fairest FAVOURITE POSITION: Wing forward SPORTING AMBITION: To win an All-Ireland medal DO YOU PLAY ANY OTHER SPORTS: Soccer and squash BOYHOOD HEROES: Kerry's Mikey Sheehy and Pat Spillane and Offaly's Matt Connor FAVOURITE PLAYER: Meath's Martin O'Connell and Tyrone's Peter Canavan BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER: My father Pat, Brian Ladden (Trinity), Gerry Farrell and Peter O'Neill DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: The inconsistency in referees and winter football BEST GAME SEEN: 1977 All-Ireland semi final - Kerry v Dublin BEST GAME PLAYED IN: 1991 Leinster semi-final against Meath (drawn game) at Croke Park HOPES FOR 1992: Maintain Div One status and win a Leinster title TIP FOR THE FUTURE: Derry's Joe Brolly - great speed and a lethal left foot NIALL RENNICK IS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST COUNTY COACHES IN THE GAME. HIS APPOINTMENT IN WICKLOW RAISED A LOT OF EYEBROWS - WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HIM? When Niall came, Wicklow had already a great set up with a very young panel. All of these younger players have stayed with Niall and the fruits are beginning to blossom. He is a player's trainer. You want to train for him YOU ARE IN THE HARD SECTION OF THE LEINSTER DRAW NEXT YEAR - CAN YOU OVERCOME THE MEATH-DUBLIN HURDLE: We have gained a lot of experience from our '91 Leinster campaign especially with those two Meath games. We showed we were a match for Meath and come '92 we will show no fear for either team YOU CAME VERY CLOSE TO BEATING MEATH IN THIS YEAR'S LEINSTER CHAMPIONSHIP - WAS IT INEXPERIENCE THAT LET YOU DOWN? HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU WERE UNLUCKILY BEATEN? It was definitely lack of experience that let us down the first day against Meath. Wit ten minutes to go and up two points with Meath on the run, we began to do the simple things wrong. We panicked and Meath took full advantage. Personally I was shattered after the drawn game but in the replay I was glad it was Meath who beat us because I have great respect for them Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 22nd November 1991 Vol 1 No 36 Tweet

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