Michael Fennelly admits he'd love to be a full-time hurler.

The former Hurler of the Year recently returned home from a two-and-a-half month internship with AFL club Swans and he admits he was envious watching the full-time athletes going through their paces five days a week:

"Of course I was - 100%," the Kilkenny midfielder says in The Irish Times. "You get the option to turn your body into what you can.

"You are there Monday to Friday training and you can do so much with your body, increase your fitness, strength.

"I think every player would love to play hurling or gaelic football full time but it's just not financially viable.

"The Sky deal is a hint of international companies coming in with sponsorship. We'd all love to not have jobs and be playing the games full time. I then think the heights of the game would increase as well.

"I don't think it's going to happen in the immediate future. Maybe down the line if there's more money coming in to the GAA. Sky are an international company. Them coming into the GAA and maybe other sponsors, it could head in that direction slowly. It's a tough one." Tweet

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