Two Waterford club hurlers remain sidelined despite DRA backing

Request to play for Clonea denied by county CCC for a second time.

STILL SIDELINED: The DRA adjudged on July 18 that the county’s competition control committee’s (CCC) decision to prohibit Micheál Harney, a member of the Waterford senior hurling panel last year, and Ciarán Kirwan from playing for Clonea while continuing to be members of football-only Bonmahon should be quashed. Picture: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Two hurlers seeking to play for Waterford club Clonea in this year’s senior championship remain sidelined despite a recent Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) judgement ruling in favour of them.

The DRA adjudged on July 18 that the county’s competition control committee’s (CCC) decision to prohibit Micheál Harney, a member of the Waterford senior hurling panel last year, and Ciarán Kirwan from playing for Clonea while continuing to be members of football-only Bonmahon (Harney) and Kill (Kirwan) should be quashed.