Davy Fitzgerald has developed his own TV programme - but says the Clare hurlers come first!

The former Banner County goalkeeper is the brain behind RTE's upcoming new show, Ireland's Fittest Family, which he conceived alongside his good friend James Sexton.

Fitzgerald will also be a coach on the show (as will former Olympic boxer Ken Egan).

"We were sitting down having lunch in Shannon one day and we'd always be bouncing ideas off one another," he explains in The Irish Daily Star.

"I'd be great mates with him [Sexton] and he does a bit of work with me in the pubs. We were talking about Superstars and how we used to love it - it was a great programme.

"We put our heads together and we said 'wouldn't it be great if we could come up with something that got the whole family together?'

"The one thing I made clear to the production company was that the Clare team is No.1 with me. Nothing crosses our training or preparation - that's set in stone.

"I won't be doing anything before games - everything is about giving the best for Clare." Tweet

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