Cusack launches attack on County Board

Cork hurling goalkeeper Donal Og Cusack has launched a stinging attack on his County Board.

The Cloyne hurler claimed in a radio interview that younger members of the Cork hurling panel received phone calls urging them not to join the GPA, an issue certain to come up for debate at the Cork GAA Board meeting this evening.

"Young players got calls informing them that by joining the GPA they would jeopardise their chances of playing with the senior team," he said. "Publicly the County Board stated that they had no problem with us joining the GPA but that was not the case and behind the scenes other forces were at work."

Cloyne's Cusack claimed on 96FM that Cork's County Board is being run by a group of yes men, and that they are totally ignorant of the needs of players.

He said senior players receive just one pair of boots for the season, and players who wanted to join a gym in order to improve their fitness had to pay for it themselves.

"There is one man running the show in Cork and he was never an inter-county hurler, and if he wanted Croke Park to be opened up to other sports, it would be done," Cusack said.