GPA: Missed tests purely logistical

The reasons behind last year’s seven missed drugs tests in inter-county Gaelic games should be considered nothing more than logistical, says GPA head of communications Sean Potts.

The Irish Examiner yesterday reported seven teams, the hurlers of Clare (twice), Cork, Galway, Limerick and Tipperary as well as the Donegal and Kildare footballers, were absent when drug testers arrived at training grounds to seek samples in 2013.

Cork and Clare have cited a change of venue and cancellation of training for not being where they informed Irish Sports Council (ISC) they’d be.