McGurn joins Cork backroom set-up

FORMER Ireland rugby fitness coach Mike McGurn has joined the Cork senior hurling backroom team.

Cork hurling manager Gerald McCarthy confirmed his backroom team yesterday, and it includes former Kerry footballer Aodhan MacGearailt, former Cork minor hurling trainer Martin McSweeney and McGurn.

A native of Enniskillen, Fermanagh, McGurn was with the Irish senior rugby team from 2002 until this year. A former Irish cross-country and 5,000 metre champion, he has previously worked with rugby league clubs St Helens, Leeds, Hull and the Irish team in the Rugby League World Cup in 2000.