Name: | Úna McNaughton | |
Age: | 24 | |
Occupation: | Research Assistant |
Teams played for:
Loughgiel and Antrim
If you were throwing a party and you could invite anyone in the world, dead or alive, who would you ask around?
Bruce Springsteen, the O’Donovan brothers and Usain Bolt
Where do you like to go out to celebrate after a big victory?
Loughgiel club rooms and then The Pound, maybe McAllisters the next day if it’s a big one
If you weren’t playing GAA what would you be at?
Travelling in South America
What’s the worst pitch you’ve ever played on?
Ahoghill’s old pitch – too many bad memories
Which character in any film are you most like?
I’ve been called Monica from friends the odd time, usually when I’m getting too competitive
Any odd items in your kit bag?
Holy water?
What’s your preferred brand of gear?
Kevin Carey hurl
Who’s the biggest joker in the teams you play for?
Shauna Devlin although Kirsty McKendry is giving her a run for her money recently – usually laughing at them, not with them too
Which team mate has the best looking other half?
They’re nearly all from Loughgiel so I’m going to avoid getting slagged and say Shauna Devlin as he lives the furthest away.
Who is the worst trainer?
Not the worst trainer but if there’s something to complain about you’ll hear Racquel McCarry first
Who spends most time in front of the mirror in the dressing room?
Ciara Dobbin – her eyebrows are always on fleek
Who’s the best/worst person to share a room with on away trips?
Best is Emma McMullan – it’s tradition, worst is Lucia McNaughton – I see enough of her at home
Who’s the best/worst person to sit beside on the team bus?
Best is Brona McIntyre when she makes her famous brownies, worst is Christine Laverty or Eimear Boyle – serious motor mouths
Who has the best and who has the worst diet on the team, and what does it include?
Best is Emma McFadden – she has abs that would make Rhonda Rousey jealous, worst is Katie Lynn – she visits Maud’s three times a day
Toughest opponent you have faced?
Ursula Jacob
Best or worst quote you’ve heard, either from a manager, player, opponent?
“Do those press ups properly, you all want equal rights so do equal press ups” Connor Campbell
Best manager you’ve ever played under?
Ciaran Connolly or Johnny Campbell and Mark McFadden
Best ever performance?
County championship final 2009
One to forget?
County championship quarter final 2013
When you were playing in the back garden, who did you pretend to be?
Sean Og O’hAilpin
If there was a transfer market who’d be in and who’d be out of the team?
Out would be Aisling McFadden so I wouldn’t have to run after her in training, in would be Therese Maher in her prime
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