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Published 18:38 27 Mar 2018 BST
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He went on to win four All-Ireland club titles with the East Galway outfit. That's not a bad innings. Who knows where the rugby path might have taken him to?
"He's unbelievable, an absolute bear," said a teammate to us.
With the club preparing for a top of the table clash with rivals Loughrea in the Senior League Final this weekend, Hayes' contribution will be key.
"I played rugby for six years when I was in school - I went to a rugby-playing school. I played for a year when I went to college and, after that, I just focused on the round ball," he explained on the latest GAA Hour. "When you're playing it for seven years on the trot, you develop the skills and the know-how to go with it but I never thought about it too much to be honest. I always enjoyed it."
"When you're playing out-half, you kind of have control over the game which I enjoyed. A lot of stuff would go through the out-half which suited me but I'm happy enough where I am now. With the knocks the rugby boys are taking these days, I don't think I fancy too much of that to be honest."
Shannon RFC are still ruing the blow.
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So athletic, so skillful. The man had it all.
Imagine him in the scrum. We're thinking Paul O'Connell-esque.
“I would have played a huge amount of rugby and I would have went to rugby training rather than Gaelic training on numerous occasions."
"I suppose when I came to 18, I thought which one am I better at and I was slightly better at the Gaelic even though I enjoyed rugby just as much. It was just a decision that I made that I would stick with the Gaelic. Obviously, I'm glad that I have done so.”Fresh from kicking the winning point in the All-Ireland final, the whole of Dublin are glad he did, too.
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