Players staying put, says Burns

THE GAA’s games presentation committee chairman Jarlath Burns has ruled out the possibility of teams changing in opposing stands at Croke Park after Sunday’s Hogan Stand tunnel fight.

While accepting it would be “a solution” to avoiding incidents such as the fisticuffs between Cork’s Michael Shields and Dublin’s Philip McMahon, the former Armagh captain said such a proposal would be shot down by counties because of the Hogan Stand’s state-of-the art facilities.

According to Burns, counties would strong oppose the possibility of having to tog out in the Cusack Stand dressing rooms, which don’t possess the same space or amenities as there are in the Hogan Stand side.