Torn between two passions, Alan Cadogan wonders why not?

It’s a reasonable question: Shouldn’t it be the player who decides whether he wants to pursue a dual inter-county commitment? Cork’s Alan Cadogan is particularly keen to play both hurling and football in 2016, but his enthusiasm ran up against a brick wall...

Mikey Sheehy was peering through the gloom at Austin Stack Park as Cork machine-gunned Kerry’s MunsterU 21 ambitions again. Walking back down Boherbee afterwards, he was as exercised by the dearth of Kingdom senior potential as he was Cork’s lethal inside forward line. But the latter consideration lingered longest.

“He was one of the tastiest forwards I’ve seen Cork producing for a long time,” Sheehy would reflect later on Alan Cadogan, who posted five points from play on the night as Cork eased to a 0-18 to 2-8 win.