Podge Collins has spoken of the difficulties he faced when asked to choose between the Clare footballers and hurlers.

The 2013 Liam MacCarthy Cup winner and former dual county player was handed an ultimatum by Banner County hurling boss Davy Fitzgerald to choose one code. He opted for the big ball...

"It was a weight off my shoulders, when I'd made the decision," the Cratloe ace admits in The Irish Examiner. "It was over and I could just get on with the club.

"To be honest, I didn't even want to make the decision until the club scene was over but the fact that we had gone so far then meant I had to make it.

"So I just said to myself, 'listen, make the decision now, it's in your head, that's what you've always said so stand by it'.

"One of the things which I hadn't thought about all that much was the great hurling following we have, especially with the kids and stuff like that. I was getting messages on Facebook and different stuff like that.

"You kind of feel you are letting them down but you have to make your decision and that's it. I don't know if they understand but hopefully they will. Letting fans down and stuff like that, it's hard but there are football fans as well so you can't let that be a factor in your decision."

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