Modern-day intensity means game is up for dual players

Aidan Walsh isn’t the first Cork player to make a big decision about his future. A few years back one of his dual predecessors in red and white also had to make a call.

“I couldn’t see myself going forward, and it was the hardest thing I had to do in my career, telling Billy Morgan that I’d have to concentrate on hurling,” said that player of opting for hurling.

“I knew what football meant to Billy but I felt drained, that I was going nowhere and that I wasn’t playing well for the footballers anyway.