Sean Madigan: Common sense is the most crucial ingredient in return of amateur sports

Every club and every player will have to ask themselves numerous questions from now on. How do you get to training? What training can you do? What space is needed to train and to socially distance? What sanitisation protocols and equipment are needed? How do you deal with an injury in the age of social distancing?

Sean Madigan points to the fact that rugby and soccer will have professional teams that are effectively trialling the return-to-play protocols long before amateur sides further down the pyramid come on stream. Photo: INPHO/James Crombie

Common sense will be 90% of the job in ensuring sports clubs and teams can operate in a safe environment as they come out of lockdown, according to health and safety expert Sean Madigan.

Already managing Director of SM Safety Ltd, which has experience in the manufacturing, construction and retail sectors, Madigan has recently been appointed Covid-19 officer for Old Crescent Rugby Club in Limerick.