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Published 16:10 24 Aug 2018 BST
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The Laois boys were mad for a tight jersey to show off their big arms. The only problem was that it was that some of the lads with bellies weren't so flattered by the skin-tight fit.
"At that time, our trick was to get these skin-tight jerseys, which we tried in Laois, but the problem with that was that the bellies started showing," recalled Colm Parkinson.Kieran McGeeney and his Armagh teammates had an even more scientific approach to the process, whereby they washed their jerseys a few times to ensure they really were player fit.
"You had to wash the jerseys a good few times to get them really tight," said the current Armagh manager.It mightn't work as well for a lad with a belly, as Parkinson said, though. Wooly played against McGeeney's Armagh a number of times throughout his Laois career, and he remembers being in awe of the size of their arms. "At that time, the Armagh team's arms looked huge. Was that just tricks with the jerseys or were ye pumping iron?" he asked of McGeeney. According to McGeeney, it was all about that jersey trick.
"There was a lot of boys who talked about the gym work that we did, but they wouldn't know the inside of a gym if it bit them in the arse. Ronan Clarke, Steven McDonnell, these boys."So if you're looking to really look good, get that washing machine of yours going. You can listen to this fascinating discussion (from 25"00') and much more from a cracking GAA Hour show right here. https://soundcloud.com/sportsjoe-gaa-hour/the-gaa-hour-live-from-the-academy
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