Considine cracking the dual code

The dual issue continues to dominate in GAA circles thanks to the efforts of Cork’s Aidan Walsh, Damien Cahalane, Eoin Cadogan and Clare’s Collins brothers, Podge and Seán.

Clare hurling manager, Davy Fitzgerald is adamant it cannot be done but his Cork counterpart Jimmy Barry-Murphy — himself one of the greatest dual players of all time admittedly in an era when it was less of a challenge than nowadays — has labelled the “experiment” a success.

In the women’s Gaelic codes, the highest profile dual players have been Leeside too, with Briege Corkery, Rena Buckley and Angela Walsh farming a hatful of All-Ireland medals in the past decade.