Dual star Fox firing on three fronts

THE GAA dual player may be considered a dying breed but Brian Fox is doing his best to buck that trend. Three months into the season and the Éire Óg-Annacarty man has been dividing his time in a three-way fashion.

A couple of weeks ago he was busy in Fitzgibbon Cup action, right corner-back on a UL team defeated by UCC in the final. For the Tipperary senior footballers he has nailed down a half-back spot as John Evans seeks to orchestrate a second successive promotion. And this afternoon he captains the Premier U21 footballers in their Munster semi-final showdown against Clare in Cooraclare.

“It’s been a hard few months”, he admits. “You’re training almost every day, but all the managers have been very understanding. The dual thing is hard to do and you couldn’t do it at county level. I suppose it was easier for me because the Fitzgibbon and the U21 are both over so early in the year. Being from Tipperary the hurling is the number one, but I love the football and I want to keep both going.”