Podge Collins set for double action with Clare this weekend

Podge Collins is in line to feature for both Clare’s footballers and hurlers this weekend after the footballers’ qualifier against Laois in Cusack was moved from Saturday to Sunday.

After Clare hurlers’ facile win over Laois in Ennis three days ago in which Collins scored 1-3, there had been a concern both games would take place on Saturday. That scenario looked increasingly likely with the news yesterday afternoon the Clare-Limerick Round 2 SHC qualifier will take place in Thurles this Saturday evening at 7pm.

However, the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) decided to defer the footballers’ already postponed Round 2A game with Laois by a day and it will throw-in at 2pm. It means the 24-year-old faces the prospect of playing twice in the space of 19 hours but his father said they will first assess him before a call is made on his fitness to feature in Cusack Park on Sunday.