Clarke punished with touchline ban
Clarke was handed the ban by the Games Administration Committee of the Leinster Council last night after his involvement in an incident with Wexford’s Colm Morris during the teams’ recent O’Byrne Cup clash. However, because the Leinster Council has no jurisdiction over the National Football League, Clarke will not serve his one-match ban until the Leinster Championship opener on June 4.
Meanwhile, Offaly’s Kevin Kilmurray says intercounty managers need to balance the drive for results with the fitness and welfare of their players. As the season kicks into gear, players face a punishing workload with each team contesting seven league matches over the space of just nine weeks and the Offaly manager is expecting such a saturated fixture list to take a heavy toll as the campaign moves on.
