Brian Hurley happy to embrace extra responsibility from Cork retirees

Wed, 07 Jul, 2021 - 06:00

John Fogarty

Brian Hurley says he is happy to take on more of a leadership role now that older players have stepped away from the Cork senior football panel.

After the retirements of James Loughrey and Ciarán Sheehan, 29-year-old Hurley is now only third in age to his Castlehaven club-mate Mark Collins and Kevin O’Driscoll (both 31) in the squad.

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