Kilcormac-Killoughey no show

Offaly SFC: Reigning Offaly senior hurling and intermediate football champions Kilcormac-Killoughey caused quite a stir last week when they refused to field a team in their SFC clash with St Rynaghs on Thursday.

The club requested that their five players on Brian Whelahan’s county hurling panel be released from county duty after playing in a challenge match against Dublin last weekend, but the Offaly county board decreed players were only entitled to five days with their club in their “first choice code”, which was automatically deemed to be hurling on account of their selection for inter-county duty. Consequently they trained under Whelahan on Tuesday.

Kilcormac-Killoughey requested a postponement on that basis but were denied. The Offaly CCC will meet to discuss the matter but it’s expected St Rynaghs will be awarded the tie and Kilcormac-Killoughey will be fined.