Galway players will have no say on Donoghue successor

The Galway players will not have a “direct say” in the appointment of Micheál Donoghue’s successor, county board chairman Pat Kearney has made clear.

Kearney has said it came as a total surprise to him and the rest of the country board executive when Donoghue tendered his resignation late on Tuesday night, stressing there were no signs to indicate the 2017 All-Ireland winning manager was about to pull the plug on his four-year spell overseeing the Tribesmen.