Double duty all part of job for Paul

LIKE the rest of the Armagh football panel this week, Paul McCormack is dreaming of Croke Park. Unlike the rest of the Armagh panel, McCormack pictures himself swinging a hurley rather than kicking a ball as he races around the famous sod on Dublin’s northside.

He might get the chance to do just that later this summer if the Armagh hurling team he captains continue to stack up the wins in the Nicky Rackard Cup. Their next major assignment on that road is against arch rivals Louth this Saturday — the day before the Ulster football final.

McCormack is used to that sort of fixture congestion but it hasn’t helped his career with the footballers. Though he has played 38 times for Kernan, only five of those have been in the championship and he will start Sunday’s game against Donegal on the bench.