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20th September 2017
11:32am BST
“Cora was thrilled, she had a brilliant performance herself and she’s always just helping us young players coming along. As she said, she was happy for the young players but we were also happy to help her and maybe finish her career out on a high, maybe not, she might play another year who knows?”
It’s clearly genuine what Rowe is saying, the admiration is clear when speaking about the Mayo legend.
“We’re very close, I’m 22 and she’s 35, there are 13 years in the difference between me and Cora yet you wouldn’t think there’s one year because we’re really close and as a team comes and goes there’s no real age gap like everyone’s kind of the same.”
Even before her interview, Staunton always came across as a leader figure for the younger generation and Rowe opened up on just how helpful she is on the training ground:
“She’s an incredible athlete and even to just have a person like her around with that kind of experience and playing in the same position as her, there are things I’m not sure if I should go here or there or turn left or right and she helps with the small things and it makes all the difference.
“If you weren’t sure with something you’d obviously ask management but you’d go to Cora as well especially in the forwards girls would ask for advice and ask for help and she’s always very accommodating if you ask for her help.”
The pair now looks ahead to Sunday where they play Dublin in the All-Ireland Final, again Mayo go in as underdogs but, much like the men, they won’t be listening to their critics and naysayers.
Sarah Rowe was speaking at the launch of Lottoland's ClubPlay Fundraising initiative for sports clubs where clubs will receive 7% of lottery ticket sales as well as be entered into quarterly giveaways with thousands of euro to be won.
