In this episode I'm joined by Cora Staunton widely considered to be the greatest Ladies Gaelic Footballer of all time. We chat about moving to Sydney at the age of 35 to start a whole new sport, AFL as a professional job. We discuss what drove her throughout her career and the tactics and tricks other teams tried (and failed) to implement against her.

In addition to this I try to prod at what kept Cora's competitive drive intact over a 20 plus years intercounty career which included playing in over 25 All Ireland finals club and county combined. We talk about the hallmarks of successful athletes and what were the similarities and differences between the girls in Mayo and Oz. Cora also chats about the doors that being a prominent GAA player has opened for her and what she has managed to learn from these experiences.

Overall this was a podcast that I found trickier than most to do. The hard thing about it was that Cora has so many diverse parts to her story. I found it hard to get to all the ridiculously interesting parts while exploring some of them in detail. Without doubt, there are some gems to be taken from this one and I'm delighted to have gotten the chance to share some of them with you. As always I hope you enjoy this and can take away some learnings from a true Irish sporting great.