Kilmaley physio contradicts board’s ‘stretcher’ stance

The experienced physio at the centre of last weekend’s stretcher saga in Clare has rejected county board claims that a stretcher was available for fractured ankle victim Conor Cleary.

Clare U21 captain Cleary was on duty for Kilmaley in the county senior championship when he suffered the injury and, according to manager PJ Kennedy, had to be lifted off the pitch like ‘an auld dog’.

Kennedy was adamant there was ‘no stretcher’ available and described it as an ‘unsavoury’ incident though Clare GAA officials subsequently denied this was the case.