Offensive text to Fitzgerald was not sent by Déise club

AN offensive mobile phone text message received by Waterford hurling boss Davy Fitzgerald after his side’s All-Ireland quarter-final victory over Galway was not sent to him by any club unit according to county board chiefs.

Fitzgerald was reportedly extremely upset at the nature of the message, and in an subsequent interview made reference to receiving the text “from a city based football club’’.

That comment drew an immediate response from the St Saviours club who felt they were being targeted by the manager. Club officials made known their anger to the board chiefs who launched an investigation into the matter.