THE LIMERICK hurling crisis was pushed down the road by Thursday night’s county committee meeting, which was addressed by senior hurling manager Justin McCarthy, who has been under increasing pressure from the phased withdrawal of senior players from the county training panel in protest at the manner in which the panel was cut.
After a lengthy discussion, which continued until around 11.30pm, a motion of no confidence in McCarthy from the Adare club wasn’t taken and it was decided to organise one last attempt to find an accommodation.
Delegates from the clubs of the affected players will meet this day week with the players and certain county officials at the Claughaun club to see if the situation can be resolved before Christmas.
Thursday’s night’s meeting also voted to support the agreement between the GAA and the Gaelic Players Association, which will be discussed at today’s Central Council meeting. It is expected to be passed for discussion at next year’s congress.
Meanwhile, the Leinster Council has announced next summer’s Dublin-Wexford football championship quarter-final will be staged at Croke Park in a double bill with the match between Laois and the winners of Meath-Offaly on June 13th.
Wexford had hoped to get the match to Wexford Park as part of a home-and-away arrangement with Dublin.
Two other venues for the championship were also named: the Galway-Wexford senior hurling encounter will be played on May 29th at Nowlan Park and the football quarter-final between Kildare and the winners of Longford-Louth will take place on June 5th at either Tullamore or Navan.
Finally, the travelling party for next week’s Vodafone All Stars trip to Argentina was announced yesterday.
The two teams will be managed by Tipperary’s Liam Sheedy (2009) and Kilkenny’s Brian Cody (2008).
DOUBLE ALL STARS (2008 and 2009): TommyWalsh (Kilkenny), Eoin Larkin (Kilkenny), Joe Canning (Galway) and Jackie Tyrell (Kilkenny).
2008 ALL STARS:Brendan Cummins (Tipperary), Michael Kavanagh (Kilkenny), JJ Delaney (Kilkenny), James "Cha" Fitzpatrick (Kilkenny), Ben O'Connor (Cork), Eddie Brennan (Kilkenny), Eoin Kelly (Waterford).
2009 ALL STARS:PJ Ryan (Kilkenny), Ollie Canning (Galway), Padraig Maher (Tipperary), Michael Walsh (Waterford), Michael Rice (Kilkenny), Alan McCrabbe (Dublin), Lar Corbett (Tipperary), Noel McGrath (Tipperary), John Mullane (Waterford).
Replacements:Seán Óg Ó hAilpín (Cork), Stephen Hiney (Dublin), Fergal Moore (Galway), Tony Browne (Waterford), Mark Foley (Limerick), Richie Power (Kilkenny), Brian Carroll (Offaly), Eoin Kelly (Tipperary), Eoin McGrath (Waterford), Martin Comerford (Kilkenny), Brian Hogan (Kilkenny), Aidan Fogarty (Kilkenny).
