Hayes blasts 'crazy fixtures schedule'

THE planners who fixed Waterford to play Clare in the first round of the Munster championship next Sunday were blasted from an unexpected quarter yesterday.

Galway supremo Conor Hayes said it was grossly unfair to expect Waterford to play a league final and then turn out in the Munster championship just seven days later.

Hayes said it appears there are two separate bodies with responsibility for organising the league and the championship and neither are working in tandem. "In fact', said Hayes, "it would seem that they are operating in opposition to each other.