The hurler of the year Shane O’Donell was speaking to RTÉ and believes by not playing in the national hurling league, makes him a better player come Championship.

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The Éire Óg Ennis clubman said the following:

“I’ve recommended it to a load of people. I feel like it is something that will become more common,”

“For me the season is too long. It would be too long for me to start hurling in December and play and train all the ways through to July at inter-county level and then continue with the club.

“Physically my body would not survive that, I know that now. Also from a work perspective, it’s not compatible.

“It came about because of the concussion – I ended up having a long off-season the year after and I felt like I got the best out of my body in a long time – and I had the conversation with Brian Lohan and negotiated this shorter season.

“It served me well, and I think it would serve a lot of players well.”