Cavanagh on sledging: ‘The abuse can be very, very personal’

“There were certainly players that have been through tough times and they were getting a fair bit of personal abuse.”

Tyrone’s Sean Cavanagh has cautioned that the practice of sledging - abusing opposing players to throw them off their game - could have serious consequences if aimed at vulnerable players.

The Red Hands captain was speaking to the Irish Examiner at the launch of SuperValu’s ‘Kids for Kids’ initiative yesterday.