Players need training break, insists Counihan

CORK senior football manager Conor Counihan insists he has no problem with the ban on collective winter training for intercounty teams.

Opposition to the blanket shutdown in November and December has been expressed in various quarters but Counihan believes top stars need a break after a gruelling year.

From January 1, teams are free to begin collective training ahead of the 2010 season but because of a team holiday, Counihan will not see his players again until the third week of that month.