Not much hurling in Donegal mate !!
He was, however an accomplished enough Gaelic Football player although he never got to county level because of his soccer career. In an interview with the Guardian he said that as a youngster "Gaelic was always my number 1."
Anyone ever see this btw:
Presenting Seamus Coleman’s Premier League Gaelic Football XV
by @conorheneghan1 Email author
Perhaps inspired by Jonny Wilkinson’s film-star rugby XV from a while back, Seamus Coleman has selected a Premier League Gaelic Football XV. And only four Irishmen made the cut.
Coleman’s first sporting love was very much on the Everton speedster’s mind this afternoon, as his Twitter timeline was dominated by GAA related tweets.
He started off by congratulating the Donegal Vocational Schools team on their win in the Ulster Final, then laughed at claims from Shane Duffy that he was a better Gaelic Footballer than him and even suggested that Phil Neville would have what it takes to make the grade.
Soon after, Coleman decided to channel his inner Jimmy McGuinness and picked an entire Gaelic Football team made up of Premier League players, although we hope for their sake that there would be more than one man detailed to play beyond the halfway line.
Coleman modestly selected himself at the heart of the defence, with fellow Donegal native Shay Given in goals and Damien Duff as a nippy right-half forward. Coleman’s selection had a strong Everton bias with Phil Jagielka, Leighton Baines, Coleman himself and Jack Rodwell all selected, while there was plenty of pace provided by Shane Long, Gareth Bale and Theo Walcott in the forward line, with Wayne Rooney assuming playmaking duties on the ’40.
While Coleman didn’t go into nearly as much detail as Wilkinson did when selecting his rugby XV, he did offer some insight into his selection, saying that Leighton Baines and Wayne Rooney would be the free-takers and even making the quite ridiculous suggestion that Joey Barton would be capable of doing a man-marking job on the Gooch.
It didn’t take long for Coleman to question his team selection, however, and he was soon regretting not picking man mountain Richard Dunne at half back (seriously Seamie?) or midfield.
In any case, Coleman reckoned that with a few months training under their belts, that this lot would have what it takes to win an All-Ireland title. Would you be inclined to agree?
Seamus Coleman’s Premier League Gaelic Football XV:
1. Shay Given
2. Joey Barton
3.
Phil Jagielka
4. Leighton Baines
5. Kyle Walker
6. Seamus Coleman
7.
Scott Parker
8.
Jack Rodwell
9.
Phil Jones
10. Damien Duff
11.
Wayne Rooney
12. Shane Long
13. Gareth Bale
14.
Bobby Zamora
15. Theo Walcott
