Colm Cavanagh wary of idle April

With his club season curtailing his involvement in the early rounds of the Allianz Football League, Colm Cavanagh is sceptical about the chances of being marked absent from county duties come April.

The month that Croke Park has ring-fenced for clubs might be a good idea in theory, but with the Tyrone All Star one of several hundred inter-county players still to finish their club seasons, he appreciates the difficulty.

“There’s always going to be that struggle, because the season doesn’t finish in the one calendar year, so for club teams that are successful, it doesn’t leave much of a break for that (having April off).