For Luke Keating, there was no doubt that Mick Fitzsimons would come back this year in an attempt to win a record ninth Celtic Cross.
The pair had grown up together in Cuala, the prolific Keating playing a year above his age grade.
Together, he and Fitzsimons won minor and under-21 titles before becoming seniors and, almost 20 years since first playing together, they remain vital to the Cuala cause.
