Davy Fitzgerald does just what the doctor didn’t order

Davy Fitzgerald admits his GP didn’t agree with his decision to return to inter-county management so soon after his heart problem last year.

Having had two stents inserted last July, the 45-year-old Wexford manager believes he is more philosophical but acknowledged he has had to make alterations to his lifestyle. “I’ve identified a few things over the last month or two that I know I have to work on even health-wise. Like, I’ve had challenges like that myself going forward. I have to get healthier myself, I want to be around in a number of years’ time. I have to listen to my body.

“Probably my doctor wouldn’t have been the happiest that I got involved with Wexford. He probably said a year or two out would do me no harm.