"We were all dumbfounded," Mr Duggan said. "One of the guys said 'Kieran has room in the car' and I said 'yeah, I can fit three or four of you in if you want to jump in'.
"What was more surprising was his reaction - he said 'yeah I might take you up on that'.
"They left the plane first and we walked out after that. When we got to the baggage hall I couldn't see any of the guys so we walked out through arrivals ... I said to one of the guys that maybe I'd better stay on because Fintan sounded quite genuine."
Mr Duggan said he waited for about 20 minutes before Fintan and Paul came through arrivals and he asked Fintan if he still wanted the lift, which he said he did.
Fellow rower Natalie Long also took him up on his offer.
He said the three of them had "a good bit of luggage".
"The boot was fully loaded and we had to put more stuff in the backseat and halfway out through the aisle and the front seats nearly ... there was bags packed up to the roof in the back.
"We were at the boot of the car trying to figure out how to get all this luggage into the car but we eventually did... it was definitely a pinch yourself moment when I was leaving the car park."
Mr Duggan said he was half expecting the three of them to fall asleep but they remained awake for the entire journey.
He said it was "very relaxed" and conversation was easy.
"It was just a privilege, to be honest, to have that length of time by myself with the three of them," he added.
"Right place right time, I think."
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