O’Dwyer kept waiting on rules series appointment

MICK O’DWYER will have a little longer to find out if he will realise his ambition of managing the Irish team in the next International Rules Series against Australia.

GAA president Sean Kelly disclosed yesterday that he didn't expect an announcement to be made for another month or so. Mr Kelly said discussions had already taken place, but inferred that a decision has yet to be made. "The digging has been done, but nothing has been unearthed," he said.

It's well known that O'Dwyer would love the job. He said so in this newspaper a few weeks ago and expressed a similar wish back in 1990 when the position came up for grabs.