Delaney slams set-up

THE GAA is “flogging” its young players to an inordinate degree, both in the amount of games they are expected to play and the training regimes they are subjected do, Leinster Council secretary, Michael Delaney believes.

Mr Delaney will tell the weekend convention that the situation surrounding injuries to players has changed “utterly” in terms of their seriousness and complexity.

In the past, players suffered pulled muscles, bad knees and various types of cuts and bruises, while the really serious cases were those with broken limbs. In general, the time lost was minimal.