Anthony Daly: Why are Clare paying the price for Wexford Covid cases?

No Wexford players were considered close contacts, while both Clare players were stood down from yesterday’s game against Laois as a precaution.

Clare and Wexford players contest a loose ball during the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Group B game at Cusack Park. Picture: Bryan Keane

In a Sunday Times article in March, medical experts revealed that not a single case of on-the-field transmission of the Covid-19 virus had been confirmed in football, rugby union, rugby league or American football during a full year of the pandemic.

Detailed tracing of players who had tested positive for the virus was carried out in all the sports but in every case the transmission was put down to off-the-field contact, such as in meeting rooms, cars, and indoor activities.