Two counties were prepared not to play Monday fixtures, says GPA

“It wasn’t so much strike action as being unable to fulfil fixtures.”

GPA chairman Seamus Hickey has confirmed that two inter-county squads were prepared not to play their rescheduled league games on Monday before unplayable pitches forced the fixtures to be postponed for a second time.

Hickey would not reveal the sides but reiterated the GPA’s statement on Sunday that the official inter-county players’ body had given them their full support to take such action due to a lack of consultation about the 24-hour turnaround from when the weather-affected games were originally scheduled to take place.