Longford star Michael Quinn says he is relishing the opportunity to represent both club and country this weekend.

Quinn will be the first Longford man to play for Ireland since Paul Barden in 2006 when Joe Kernan's team meet Australia at Croke Park on Saturday evening for a one-off test, which starts at 7.00pm.

The following afternoon he will captain Killoe against Portlaoise in the Leinster club senior football championship semi-final at O'Moore Park, where the Longford champions will look to upset the hosts in a bid to become their county's first side to reach the provincial decider.

"I think the body will hold up. It's more getting the head right, trying to organise everything and make sure it's all in place," Quinn said in today's Irish Sun newspaper.

"It's strange to have November as your busiest time of the year - everyone wants September to be their busy month. But it's great to be playing for Ireland.

"On the club side of things it's brilliant to be still going in November. It's a difficult challenge doing the two. It's about putting things in place so that I can give my best for both. I do think personally that I can give it my all on both days. I'd prefer to have it this way than having to make a decision and having regrets further down the line.

"To have missed out on something and to have chosen one over the other, that would have been tough. So I'll deal with whatever happens on Saturday and Sunday and hopefully it will be a good weekend on both fronts."

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