Cork chiefs to facilitate Walsh’s Oz trip

CORK GAA chiefs are to facilitate Aidan Walsh’s trip to Australia with the Irish International Rules squad by altering the scheduling of the county junior football championship.

Walsh’s club Kanturk qualified for the Cork JFC semi-final with a victory over Glenbower Rovers on Friday night. They are still awaiting the identity of their semi-final opponents following Saturday’s quarter-final draw between St Finbarr’s and Bandon, and that replay will take place Saturday.

Moves will be made to accommodate Walsh by playing the semi-final before he departs for Australia the weekend after next. And in the event of Kanturk being successful, the county final will be deferred until he returns following the second test on November 4th.