'It’s been a long, long wait': Hurling managers itching to return to training

Limerick manager John Kiely stressed that the country had to learn “to live with the virus”

Limerick manager John Kiely: 'Our backroom team have enjoyed being back with their clubs as well but there is an itch there among lads to get back into this regardless of the time of year.'

Better late than never is the attitude Limerick and Wexford managers John Kiely and Davy Fitzgerald are taking as inter-county training officially returns on Monday.

In early summer, both men were vocal about the suitability of the county season resuming before club. Both felt its controlled nature and smaller numbers would have lent to a safer resumption of GAA activity.