Striker Anna O’Flanagan, who attended yesterday's announcement, is one of the people who may directly benefit from the scheme. She would likely be one of the 23 yet to be confirmed players on the bursary list. “The ideal would be a three-day week where they come in Sunday, Monday, Tuesday for three days of full hockey,” Dancer said. It’s also a good transition from fairly minimal hockey to a full-hockey week. If you go all the way, you get what I term a ‘hockey bum’ who just concentrates on hockey because it doesn’t give you a rounded person.

Source: Irish Examiner May 20, 2019 16:30 UTC