We gave you the power.
SportsJOE whittled it down to 16 players, the people of Ireland chose their favourite.
Full forward is the blue riband position on the gaelic football pitch. Growing up, it’s the player everyone wants to be. The team’s focal point, the target man, the player who makes all the headlines with their graceful goals and points.
We organised a head to head knock out competition, pitting the country’s best full forwards against each other. With the results taken into account from polls on Instagram and reactions on Facebook, here was how the competition panned out.
There were some tight battles along the way. Fermanagh’s Seamus Quigley was the surprise package of the whole tournament as he stunned both Cillian O’Connor and Dean Rock.
Round of 16
Paul Geaney beat Lee Brennan
John Heslin beat Daniel Flynn
Paddy McBrearty beat Paul Mannion
Conor McManus beat Connaire Harrison
Andy Moran beat Damien Comer
Michael Quinlivan beat James O’Donoghue
Seamus Quigley beat Cillian O’Connor
Dean Rock beat Conor Sweeney
Quarter finals
Seamus Quigley beat Dean Rock
Andy Moran beat Michael Quinlivan
Paddy McBrearty beat John Heslin
Conor McManus beat Paul Geaney
Semi finals
Paddy McBrearty beat Andy Moran
Conor McManus beat Seamus Quigley
Final
Conor McManus beats Paddy McBrearty
In the end, there could only be one winner and we can’t say we were too surprised when that turned out to be Monaghan’s Conor McManus.
What Conor McManus can do with a football should never be taken for granted and it’s great to see that we’re appreciating his unique gifts.
As a target man, there’s no one better. As a kicker, there’s no one better. As a full forward, there’s no one better.
