Pauric Mahony thinks the demands of playing senior club hurling are now almost on a par with senior inter-county hurling.

The Ballygunner sharpshooter, who retired from the inter-county scene last year, said in an interview with RTÉ: "The level of club now is reaching what inter-county was a couple of years back. You still have your three field sessions a week, which is the same as most inter-county teams are probably doing.

"You might have one or two gym sessions, but I just think you can manage it better mentally, you can switch off a lot more within the club season.

"It is a bit more condensed so you are not as switched on all the time. You only have around six or seven months where you are ticking over.

"When you are in the county, everything else comes a distant second but with the club, you can juggle a lot more things."

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