CLARE DUAL-STAR Podge Collins will line out for the Clare footballers next weekend, little over a week before the county’s Munster hurling championship opener.
Clare face Waterford next Saturday week in the provincial quarter final, while eight days later they play the winner of Cork and Waterford in the hurling semi-final.
Collins’ father manages the Clare football panel, for whom Podge and his brother Sean have played for throughout their league campaign.
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Clare football manager Colm Collins. Ryan Byrne / INPHO
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Podge played all three of the county’s opening league games as they sought promotion from division 4, although his appearances have reduced since then and he missed the league final loss to Tipperary due to a hurling training camp.
Clare hurling manager Davy Fitzgerald had earlier this month suggested that any agreement for dual stars within the county was only in place for the league campaign. But Podge, a hurling All-Star last year, featured in a football challenge match last Wednesday night against Galway in Cusack Park. Clare lost by a point.
Padraic 'Podge' Collins during this year's hurling league. Cathal Noonan / INPHO
Cathal Noonan / INPHO / INPHO
Speaking at the GPA’s ‘We Wear More’ launch, Collins said that he was ‘not allowed’ answer questions on his dual status.
One man who will hoping the extra game slows down the Clare attacker is Cork hurler Eoin Cadogan. The defender has revealed that he will be fit and available to line out against Waterford next weekend – with the winner meeting Collins’ Clare.
Eoin Cadogan knows all about the demands of being a dual-star. Donall Farmer / INPHO
Donall Farmer / INPHO / INPHO
Cadogan was an unused late call-up to the bench during last Sunday’s drawn game although he did not feature.
His brother Alan made his debut at corner forward, scoring four points from play.
Podge Collins available for Clare footballers, while Eoin Cadogan returns for Cork hurlers
CLARE DUAL-STAR Podge Collins will line out for the Clare footballers next weekend, little over a week before the county’s Munster hurling championship opener.
Clare face Waterford next Saturday week in the provincial quarter final, while eight days later they play the winner of Cork and Waterford in the hurling semi-final.
Collins’ father manages the Clare football panel, for whom Podge and his brother Sean have played for throughout their league campaign.
Podge played all three of the county’s opening league games as they sought promotion from division 4, although his appearances have reduced since then and he missed the league final loss to Tipperary due to a hurling training camp.
Clare hurling manager Davy Fitzgerald had earlier this month suggested that any agreement for dual stars within the county was only in place for the league campaign. But Podge, a hurling All-Star last year, featured in a football challenge match last Wednesday night against Galway in Cusack Park. Clare lost by a point.
Speaking at the GPA’s ‘We Wear More’ launch, Collins said that he was ‘not allowed’ answer questions on his dual status.
One man who will hoping the extra game slows down the Clare attacker is Cork hurler Eoin Cadogan. The defender has revealed that he will be fit and available to line out against Waterford next weekend – with the winner meeting Collins’ Clare.
Cadogan was an unused late call-up to the bench during last Sunday’s drawn game although he did not feature.
His brother Alan made his debut at corner forward, scoring four points from play.
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