David Dooley back doing what he loves after ‘blunt’ Leinster rugby release

“I was hoping to play Under-20s and stuff like that and realistically you would want to be playing Six Nations and World Cups to get a contract out of it,” the Laois hurler explains.

Thu, 13 Jun, 2024 - 07:02

Maurice Brosnan

The cut was clean. David Dooley started playing rugby with Tullamore and finished with Leinster. He spent two years in the sub-academy before the call came. There would be no contract. Time to go.

“I was hoping to play Under-20s and stuff like that and realistically you would want to be playing Six Nations and World Cups to get a contract out of it,” the Laois hurler explains.