Years before winter break reaps rewards

THE GAA’s Director of Games has stressed it will be a number of years before the benefits of the two-months ban on collective inter-county training can be appreciated.

Pat Daly was a member of the Burnout Task Force which proposed that the months of November and December be closed for collective inter-county training but that recommendation’s imposition has not been unanimously welcomed.

Kildare manager Kieran McGeeney and Wexford counterpart Jason Ryan both spoke out against the rule after their O’Byrne Cup game in Newbridge on Sunday.