Faithful dual stars siding with hurling February 15, 2014





Antrim's Aaron Graffin with Offaly's Shane Dooley. INPHO Antrim's Aaron Graffin with Offaly's Shane Dooley. INPHO

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Offaly dual players Conor Mahon, Shane Dooley, Colin Egan, Daniel Currams and Sean Ryan are expected to concentrate on hurling this year.The quintet had expressed a desire to combine both codes at the start of the season, and both managers Brian Whelahan and Emmet McDonnell were willing to accommodate them, but it now appears if they have shelved those plans and will be opting for the small ball code."We have had them consistently for our training and matches," hurling boss Whelahan revealed to the Tullamore Tribune."From what I can gather, they have opted for hurling at this stage. I think they have realised that it is very tough to do."In fairness to Emmet, they are doing a lot of hard training and he would need to see them as much as I see them being realistic. You have a situation in Cork where you might have two dual players - we were looking at five."