Rice ready for another big tilt

LEINSTER SHC QUARTER-FINAL:

“I wasn’t long in UCC when I gave up football,” says the Kilkenny star.

“After a football match with the club at home I came back up to Cork with the top of my finger squashed and Dr Paddy Crowley of UCC wasn’t too happy with me. I was thinking I’ll have enough injuries with the hurling, I’d better cut the football adrift.”