Five minutes with Down’s Shane Annett

Name Shane Annett

Age 20

Occupations Store man and barman

Teams played for: Mayobridge, Down, St Marks

Game you most enjoyed playing in?

First round of the championship 2019 against Burren

Game you least enjoyed playing in?

Ballyholland quarter final of the championship 2019

What’s the worst pitch you’ve ever played on?

Rostrevor

Toughest training session you’ve every been involved in?

Mr O’Hare with St Mark’s

What’s your preferred brand of gear?

O’Neill’s

Most inspirational individual you’ve ever met?

Kieran Donaghy

Where do you like to go out to celebrate?

Gorman’s pub in Mayobridge

What do you like to do when you are not training/playing?

Travel

Which character in any film/tv show are you most like?

Lloyd from Dumb and Dumber

Which team mates (From any club/county) are the first you’d invite on a night out?

Cathal McNamee and CJ Barr

Which team mate is the worst dancer?

Ross Carr

Which team mate is the loudest in the changing room?

Conaill Gall

What’s the funniest thing you’ve seen happen in training/during a match?

Rony Gall dropping the ball and walking off the pitch because he didn’t get a free kick

What’s the worst excuse you’ve heard to get out of training and who did it come from?

James Casey missing a championship game because he missed his flight home from Manchester

Biggest ego?

Paddy Smyth

Worst/best person to sit next to on the team bus?

Worst: Enda McCormack

Best: Brendy Murtagh

Worst/best person to share a room with on away days?

Worst: Seamy Loughran, Best: Conor Clarke

Who has the best diet, and who has the worst, and what do they consist of?

Worst: Caoly Gall, consists of whatever fizzy drinks and sweets he gets his hands on. Or Paddy Smyth lately. Best: Shane Mac, consists of nothing but plant-based foods.

Toughest opponent you have played against?

Liam Kerr

Best or worst quote you have heard from a team mate/opponent/manager?

Benny Coulter got confused one day and was saying “if yous are playing very well, yous are coming off.”

Best manager you have played for?

Mickey Walsh

What frustrates you most about the GAA?

Losing

What is the best thing about being part of the GAA?

Enjoyment