Ballygiblin hero Mark Keane so thankful to Collingwood for hurling and football opportunities 

Keane travels back to Melbourne on Monday ahead of the 2022 AFL season 

Mark Keane about to blast in a goal for Ballygiblin against Dromtarriffe in the Co-Op Superstores Cork County Club Hurling Junior A Championship final, Dromtarriffe vs Ballygiblin at Pairc Ui Rinn on Saturday 20th November 2021. Pic: Larry Cummins

After scoring a crucial goal late in the Junior Hurling final for Ballygiblin on Saturday, Mark Keane heads back to Australia on Monday for pre-season training with Collingwood after more than three months at home.

"Today was unreal. Every other year, we could have lost that game but have come from behind in many games especially against Killavullen and Fermoy at the start in the Avondhu Championship. We just wanted to dig it out and we done that today again, it was unreal.