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Published 18:13 17 Aug 2017 BST
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Geaney recalls a class tale from his time at University College Cork with O'Brien on playing Sigerson Cup football. He comments:
"Stephen O'Brien [is worst dressed]. I’ll tell you a story: we were going back from the Sigerson in Galway after losing the semi-final and there was money put together so we could get some drink in Tescos for the way home. "Stevo picked up a pair of jeans in Tesco and threw them into the basket, and wore them for two days after! I think he still has them."UCC won the Sigerson in 2014 with both Geaney and O'Brien in the panel. The last four loss had come the previous year so O'Brien has those cosy Tesco jeans four years now. He got himself a bargain that day.
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