No ‘ulterior motive’ in squads

CORK County Board chairman Jerry O’Sullivan says there is “no ulterior motive” behind the existence of development squads in Gaelic football within the county, despite suggestions at Tuesday night’s county board meeting that those squads would replace the county senior footballers if they withdrew their services at the conclusion of the National Football League.

O’Donovan Rossa delegate Noel Kearney said at the meeting: “There are fellows in clubs being asked to train with so-called development squads who will replace the footballers when they go out. This is happening.”

However, chairman O’Sullivan strongly rejected those suggestions yesterday.