Bernie Collins (Gaelic footballer)

Bernie Collins, whose full name is Bernard Collins, is an Irish former Gaelic footballer born on 18 May 1981. He played his club football for Castlehaven and at inter-county level for the Cork senior football team. He first came to prominence with the Castlehaven side that won the County Under-21 Championship in 1998, then progressed to the club's senior team and won a county senior medal in 2003. After Munster minor championship success with Cork in 1999 and a brief spell with the under-21 side, he was drafted onto the Cork senior team in 2000. He later spent two seasons playing Australian rules football with the Western Bulldogs in Melbourne, returned to Ireland, rejoined the Cork seniors and was a substitute when Cork were beaten by Kerry in the 2007 All-Ireland final.