Players given role on Council

THE GPA is to give full backing to a plan by the GAA to elect a players’ representative to Central Council via a nationwide ballot of inter-county hurlers and footballers.

The players’ body has been pushing for representation on the Council for some time - something that has been resisted by Croke Park on the grounds that the GPA is not an officially recognised organisation.

There were fears that the GPA could possibly call on its members to boycott the election which is the brainchild of GAA President Sean Kelly.