Coulter: Sledging hard to stamp out

Benny Coulter believes the GPA’s plans to stamp out sledging at inter-county level could be a futile effort.

The Down star admitted: “I don’t think anybody can do anything about it. How can you stop it? If it’s there and the referee doesn’t even know about it, it’s impossible to stop it. If it’s still going on I’d definitely be pushing to step it out.

“There was a lot of talk last year of players going out to intimidate whoever they are marking. There was a book out [This Is Our Year] and there was a bit I read in it where you [a county] were told to go out and intimidate whoever they are marking.”