Slaughtneil pair Brendan Rogers and Chrissy McKaigue will play championship football and hurling for Derry this summer.

Rogers and McKaigue missed most of the league due to their club exploits but hope to make up for lost time during the championship season.

"The football is the priority because that was, more or less, what we committed to first hand. But now that the hurling can be accommodated it seems to be well enough managed," Rogers told The Irish Independent.

"It's not something that everybody can manage. Maybe it helps that we have done so much of it in the club scene that we know our own body has had enough to say, 'I can't train tonight'. We know not to flog ourselves and basically ruin our chances of being a dual player.

"That all plays a factor too with more managements being aware that they're handling dual players. It's something you have to do when you know you can. And why not, I'm young enough yet."

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