Players at ‘tipping point’

Andriú Mac Lochlainn says the demands on inter-county players has reached a “tipping point”.

Mac Lochlainn was forced to withdraw from the Kildare senior football panel this year as he could no longer compromise a personal life that centres around his wife and three children under five years of age.

The Ellistown clubman has been a member of the panel for ten seasons and at 29, remains hungry for success. He has not had permanent employment for some time though and may be forced to spend three months on an Canadian oil rig later this year if that remains the case.