GAA relax training ban rules during pre-season

As anecdotal evidence of inter-county teams returning to collective training for 2020 before the traditional permitted start dates grows, the GAA is taking a more relaxed attitude to training bans.

As in previous years, this weekend’s Super 11s received special dispensation from Croke Park to get around the inter-county training moratorium. The one-day event in New York sees Kilkenny and Tipperary come back to action over a month and a half before the usual return date for All-Ireland finalists on December 29, while Limerick and Wexford are also given the go-ahead to link up well ahead of December 8, the previous return date for All-Ireland semi-finalists.