Carruth: teams need to be open to change

MICHAEL CARRUTH believes that more inter-county football teams could benefit enormously by welcoming an influx of expertise from various other sporting backgrounds.

Carruth: teams need to be open to change
Fri, 23 Oct, 2009 - 01:00
Brendan O'Brien

The 1992 Olympic gold medallist will serve as masseur to the Westmeath footballers next season and he will also aid the management team in other areas such as strength and conditioning.

Carruth has been brought on board by new coach Brendan Hackett who is best known for his time as chief executive of Athletics Ireland while Olympic canoeist Eoin Rheinisch is also set to help out.

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