Early November start needed if pre-season competitions return

The GPA want players to have eight weeks preparation for competition.

Páirc Ui Rinn before the 2024 McGrath Cup final between Kerry and Cork. Photo by Michael P Ryan/Sportsfile

The Gaelic Players Association (GPA) have argued inter-county players will have to return to collective training on November 8 if the provincial pre-season competitions are returned.

The official players body, who successfully lobbied for the January tournaments to be suspended this past season, believe footballers and hurlers will require the eight-week run-in to be ready for the likes of the McGrath, McKenna and Walsh Cups at the start of the new year.