Brendan Maher: Blood testing on match day ‘would be draining’

Tipperary hurler Brendan Maher has expressed strong reservations over the introduction of blood testing for GAA players.

The Irish Sports Council announced last week that senior inter-county players will be subject to blood testing in 2016 and the Tipperary captain is opposed to blood testing on match-days.

“I am not sure about the ins and outs, I know that I wouldn’t like to have a blood test taken the day of the match, or after a match, because it would drain you so much,” he said.