With both men’s panels full of Fitzgibbon Cup players, each are reticent about putting more pressure on them at this stage of the season. The extra matches in the Munster championship this year, he believes, will help address the lopsided training-to-match ratio but he suggests it is only the start in addressing the issue. The calendar is there and you look at our four matches in the Munster championship and two of them are in Cork, which will facilitate Cork business. And then you have to balance it.”McGrath had three players in Fitzgibbon Cup action yesterday including Patrick Curran. “So you’re trying to be ultra-competitive and trying to bring through new players to try and get them ready for the Munster Championship.

Source: Evening echo January 23, 2018 11:03 UTC