Andrew Shore relieved to be back after ban

Wexford hurler Andrew Shore is delighted and relieved he can play this year having feared he might have to write off 2015.

The defender was handed a 48-week ban for lining out for Birmingham side Roger Casements last October in an All-Britain junior hurling shield match when still registered with Dublin club Parnells.

Despite two appeals, one to the appeals committee of the Warwickshire County Board and the other to the Central Competitions Control Committee, the suspension stood and it precluded the 25-year-old from training and playing with Wexford.