Rushe wore ankle socks to "ease the pain" of blistered heel

Liam Rushe with ankle socks!

Liam Rushe has insisted he wasn't trying to make a fashion statement when he wore ankle socks in Dublin's Leinster SHC quarter-final defeat to Galway yesterday.

The St. Pat's, Palmerstown clubman's choice of footwear in Tullamore caused quite a stir on social media, but it transpires he wore the ankle socks to try "ease the pain" of a badly blistered heel.

Calm down lads. The socks were just trying to ease the pain, no fashion statement intended. pic.twitter.com/WDQPBgzJRx

- Liam Rushe (@LiamRushe) May 29, 2017