‘When Davy asks you to do something, you do it, no matter how outlandish it is’

Kilkenny great Jackie Tyrrell has offered an insight into Davy Fitzgerald’s unorthodox management methods, revealing his old Limerick IT manager once ordered the players to run through bushes to surprise their opponents.

Tyrrell was full-back on the LIT side Fitzgerald managed to the 2007 Fitzgibbon Cup title and said playing for the Clare man was rarely dull. Wexford manager Fitzgerald will be banned from the sideline again for tomorrow evening’s crucial Leinster championship semi-final clash with Kilkenny and is expected to communicate with his management from the stand.

Asked if he ever came across any of Fitzgerald’s ‘alternative’ management methods, nine-time All-Ireland medallist Tyrrell smiled.