Walsh will give all for Ireland

Ireland vice-captain Aidan Walsh admits he was frustrated by people in Cork telling him he should be putting his club ahead of his International Rules duties.

He breathed a sigh of relief when the county board pushed back Kanturk’s intermediate hurling final against Éire Óg by a week to November 3, meaning both he and Ciaran Sheehan will be available for the second test.

However, there was a possibility of the pair having to make a call between playing one or the other with the original scheduling of the final falling within 24 hours of the Croke Park game.