Clare’s concussion approach commended as ‘player comes first’

Last week, Davy Fitzgerald revealed one of his players, without naming him, had suffered concussion in the Division 1 semi-final win over Kilkenny and would be stood down for last Sunday’s final against Waterford.
Fitzgerald said at the time: “The most important thing with this set-up is the player comes first. I’m not going to risk anyone, if I thought it would cause problems down the road. We have one player who got concussed after the Kilkenny game. He’s mad to go but I don’t think we’re going to. He’ll be devastated. The player is number one, no matter what else happens. Winning hurling games is number two.”