GPA comes clean on inter-county drug-testing boycott rumour

GPA chiefs last night dismissed claims they are to launch a boycott of post-match drug-testing at intercounty games.

It had been suggested a proposal for players to withdraw from the testing carried out by the Irish Sports Council would go before GPA members at last weekend’s EGM, held simultaneously in Portlaoise and Belfast.

Some hurlers and footballers are known to be unhappy that they should be submitted to the same rigorous examinations as professional athletes.