Brian Cody: No easy fixtures fix

Kilkenny hurling manager Brian Cody says he “doesn’t have the answers” to the ongoing fixture problems which have led to the formation of the Club Players Association (CPA), but says he has never asked the Kilkenny County Board to change a fixture in his time as Cats boss.

“I’ve been saying for several years on different occasions that I’d always have thought of the club scene as imbalanced,” Cody said yesterday.

“I think everyone sees that. Before the CPA ever came in, I’ve been saying for the past 10 years they should be looking at the overall calendar — but I’ve also said that I don’t have the solution, that I don’t have the time to find the solution.