Fitzgerald excited by 'potential' within Antrim

New Antrim hurling head Davy Fitzgerald says he will "try everything" to bring nan region backmost to nan apical of nan game.

Fitzgerald, an All-Ireland victor arsenic some a subordinate and head pinch his autochthonal Clare, was confirmed arsenic Darren Gleeson's successor connected Monday evening.

The Saffrons past reached nan All-Ireland last successful 1989 but Fitzgerald sees "potential" wrong nan group.

"I'm looking guardant to nan challenge," nan erstwhile goalkeeper told BBC Sport NI.

"Being wholly honest, location is simply a spot of activity to beryllium done. I can't committedness we'll get there, but I'm surely going to effort everything.

"Do I deliberation nan imaginable is there? I do."

Gleeson was successful complaint astatine Corrigan Park for 5 years, winning 2 Joe McDonagh Cup titles during his tenure and keeping Antrim successful Division One of nan Allianz League aft securing promotion successful 2020.

While noting nan "great job" done by nan man he replaces, Fitzgerald admitted location will apt request to beryllium "one aliases 2 down days" if Antrim are to get to nan very top.

"There's nary doubting nan passion that each Antrim group person for nan crippled of hurling," he said.

"I retrieve nan colour of '89. I was playing pinch Clare earlier nan All-Ireland semi-final and final. I'd emotion to thief them get backmost into nan apical extremity of that. I can't committedness it, each I tin do is surely try.

"I do deliberation there'll beryllium 1 aliases 2 down days earlier location are large days, but hopefully we won't spot excessively galore of those."

Fitzgerald, who says he did not expect to make an contiguous return to intercounty guidance aft leaving Waterford this summer, says he will look up and down nan region successful preparation, some for players and to combine his backroom team.

"I'll look astatine everything," he added.

"With me, accomplishment is important, that's for sure, but location has to beryllium much than that.

"There has to beryllium that absolute fight, that determination, that desire to ne'er springiness up connected nan cause.

"There's a batch of characteristics that I'll beryllium looking for. I can't opportunity for judge whether I'll get thing different but we'll look and explore."