Inside Gavin White's life from stunning fiancee to job after MOTM display inspired Kerry to All-Ireland glory
The Kingdom skipper was duly named Man of the Match after a barnstorming performance where he set the tone from the opening throw-in
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Kerry triumphed by 1-26 to 0-19 over the Ulster champions
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He conducted an interview from their team banquet on Sunday night
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He's been in a relationship with Tara Casey for several years
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Tara proudly watching on as he went up to collect his POTM gong last night
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Upon receiving his individual award from GAA president Jarlath Burns at their team banquet on Sunday night, he conducted an interview with
In it, the 28-year-old tried to sum up their journey across the 2025 inter-county campaign despite admitting to still being "a bit lost for words."
Here, SunSport chronicles his daily life away from the Gaelic football pitch:
FIANCEE AND JOB
It's been a big 12 months for him as he only got engaged to his long-term partner Tara last year while holidaying in Dubai.
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However, even when going on a trip abroad somewhere, Kerry football is still at the forefront for the Dr Crokes clubman as he still fit in time to help out a local club by dropping in as a guest trainer.
The Middle Eastern GAA club posted at the time: "Thanks to Kerry Senior Footballer Gavin White @gavwhite97 and his new fiancée Tara Casey @tara_casey97 who visited men's training this morning.
"Gavin put the lads through their paces ahead of MEL R2 fixtures in Bahrain next weekend. Congrats to Gavin and Tara on their engagement in Dubai this week!"
The flying half-back works as a teacher in Killarney's St Brendan's College. It just so happens that
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In the build-up to Sunday's showpiece, White talked about how he and his megastar teammate are revelling in passing on their knowledge to the next generation of Kerry footballers.
He
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"It's a different angle that you're looking at and different age groups obviously. It's very enjoyable.
"I suppose I was with the senior team there with the Hogan Cup in 2022 and that year I was injured for a good chunk of it, so that allowed me to put a bit more time into the Sem."
CAPTAIN'S TONE
Throughout his MOTM interview it was noticeable how he constantly side-stepped individual kudos in favour of emphasizing what a team achievement this year's success was.
Asked if Sunday was the best game he'd ever had in a Kerry jersey, he instead deflected: "Look, you go out there and try and perform as best you can.
"But there's plenty of lads here that played exceptionally well today.
"Look at Paudie Clifford having 76 possessions across the game, that's absolutely unbelievable.
"But look, it was a team performance and our only objective this morning was to bring Sam Maguire back to the Kingdom.
"So we're absolutely thrilled with that."
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