Players removed from their clubs to play it in or train for development squads.
It's left several Club guys I spoke to last night having to cancel sessions - or merge U14/16/minor teams to get enough lads for sessions - which caused knock on issues itself.
What stuck me was that exactly the same predicament was being repeated by a range of clubs.
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Was at the game myself. As far as I know the maximum any club had represented was 4 and that "impacted" 2 clubs. Most clubs had 1 or 2 players on the panel which looked like had c 30 players in total with 15 clubs represented. So the facts don't seem to back up your anecdotal/hearsay comments. "Several clubs needing to merge u14/u16/minor" for training when they have 1 or 2 players (max of 4 - again only impacted 2 clubs) getting exposure to a level of hurling which is a step up from the normal club game/session. If these clubs are having difficulties with numbers for sessions its a tad disingenuous to pin the blame on the u17 development squad, thats what the facts tell me!