Bernie Collins (Gaelic footballer)

Bernard Collins (born 18 May 1981) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for club side Castlehaven and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team.

He also spent two seasons playing Australian rules football with Western Bulldogs.

Collins first came to Gaelic football prominence with the Castlehaven team that won the County Under-21 Championship title in 1998.

Collins later spent a number of seasons playing Australian rules football with Western Bulldogs in Melbourne.

[2] He returned to Ireland afterwards, rejoined the Cork senior team and was a substitute when Cork were beaten by Kerry in the 2007 All-Ireland final.