Fitzgerald and Clare chiefs thrash out deal on club games

The scheduling of club championship games during the inter-county season has been thrashed out between Clare manager Davy Fitzgerald and the county board executive.

A full round of senior club games were played two weeks prior to the county’s first qualifier meeting with Wexford, a decision which irked Fitzgerald who moved unsuccessfully to postpone the fixtures.

The management subsequently invoked the 13-day rule to have four games called off the following weekend.