Fergal Horgan: 'Don't lose refs over fitness tests'

Fergal Horgan says GAA referees are fitter than ever, but fears hurling and football are losing referees due to increasingly stringent fitness requirements on officials.

To make the Championship panel, referees are asked to achieve an impressive 17.6 on the universal fitness “bleep test”. They must achieve level 16.8 in January to ref in the League.