A cross-county dual mandate

PAUL KINNERK takes you through his week. On Monday night, he trained with the Limerick senior footballers.

Tuesday saw him bound for the gym. On Wednesday he put the Clare minor hurlers through their paces. He was back with Limerick training last night. Tonight he will be with the Clare minors again. And tomorrow evening in the Gaelic Grounds he’ll put on a Limerick jersey, slip into one of the substitute seats in Mackey Stand and be ready if Maurice Horan thrusts him into action against Kerry.

He freely admits that life is hectic. The demands of an inter-county player are intense enough without lobbing an underage training position into the mix. Yet this year, Kinnerk has been double-jobbing, successfully juggling his role as the Clare minor hurler trainer with his ambition to break into the Limerick senior football setup. At 25 years of age, it is a remarkable dual mandate.