Troy Parrott interview: ‘I want to have more big moments like that, hopefully starting in March’Ireland striker on family, Mourinho, his future, and the belief that more memories like Budapest will comeTroy Parrott celebrates scoring his hat-trick in the World Cup 2026 Group F qualifier win over Hungary at Puskás Aréna in Budapest, last November. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/SportsfileMiguel Delaney ©UK Independent Yesterday at 16:00It might have been a moment that caused any Irish person watching to lose capacity for rational thought, and was already the kind of high-stakes circumstance where intensity of emotion overrides everything else, but there was none of that for the man at the centre.

Source: Irish Independent February 20, 2026 04:31 UTC