John Fogarty: Attack on split season is attack on dual player

SUPPORT: Wexford’s Matthew O’Hanlon is a big fan of the split season. Pic: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

First, the drive to rationalise the Gaelic games calendar came for the dual county player (remember those crazy cats?). Now it is coming for the club version.

That might sound far-fetched when the split season may just be the best thing that has ever happened to the dual club player. If a club player enjoys the certainty of a schedule of games, the dual one craves it. As Wexford hurler and St James dual player Matthew O’Hanlon said of the split season last week, “If you ask players, this is what we’re crying out for.”