Wexford hurlers to resume training as two from 54 return positive Covid tests

County board and manager requested GAA's new rapid testing system be used by entire camp

Wexford manager Davy Fitzgerald: 'We weren’t asked to test anyone but we felt it was the right thing to do as a precaution.' Picture: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Thu, 15 Oct, 2020 - 16:41

John Fogarty

Wexford senior hurlers will resume training this weekend after a battery of tests revealed two people from 54 comprising their players, the management and backroom teams were found to be infected with Covid-19.

Just over two weeks out from their Leinster SHC semi-final against Galway in Croke Park on October 31, the county board and manager Davy Fitzgerald sought use of the GAA’s new rapid testing system that has been put in place for the Championship. The tests took place over the past three days.