"The occasion made history for providing the first player from Vietnam to the All Stars in the form of Nguyen Ngoc Quinh, who guested for the 2009 team.

An accomplished soccer player and a journalist by trade, he only took up Gaelic football a few months ago, but adapted so well that he was chosen on the Asian All Stars and was further rewarded with an opportunity to play among Gaelic football's best on Saturday.

Quinh marked his introduction to the game by scoring a point and later had a few attempts for goal blocked, before finally finding the net in the penalty shoot-out. He certainly looked like a player with lots of potential and with his colleagues bringing him into the game at every opportunity, it was a day he will never forget.