The ties that bind: cousins Wall and Collins on family, rivalries and working together at last

"And the way things fell for us, I never got to play with Podge. So the chance to team up with him here and collaborate about something we’re so passionate about has been lovely.” 

Mary Immaculate College Limerick coach Pádraic Collins after the Electric Ireland Higher Education GAA Fitzgibbon Cup Round 2 match between Mary Immaculate College Limerick and UCC at MICL Grounds in Limerick. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

They were still at the kitchen table the other night well past midnight, spitballing, chatting, laughing.

They had already been out all day together. Taking in another Fitzgibbon Cup game in Limerick, then taking their own Mary Immaculate College panel for a session in the fabulous new complex in Clarecastle.