Cavan break GAA’s winter training ban

[Carbery]

Cavan break GAA's winter training ban
By John Fogarty

MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2010

CAVAN'S footballers were last night discovered as the first inter-county side to have broken the winter training ban after they arranged a practice game under lights at their 3G pitch at Breffni Park.

A couple of hours after the conclusion of the Ulster club SFC final at the Cavan town venue, the county's senior footballers convened to participate in a game which featured a number of 2010 first team players including James Reilly and Cian Mackey.

The county's new co-managers Val Andrews and Terry Hyland have not had an opportunity to run their players through their paces since their championship exit under Tommy Carr at the start of July.

It is understood that last night's session was the first time the footballers had trained collectively since they were knocked out by Cork in the second round of the All-Ireland qualifiers.

Rule 6.43 of the GAA's Official Code states that the months of November and December shall be closed months for all games involving inter-county teams and collective training for inter-county panels.

While gym sessions are permitted, only trial games involving development teams — featuring no players from the previous season's panel — are allowed.

This story appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Monday, December 13, 2010

[rrhf]

They'll not like the fine...   

seriously though we used to ban foreign games and now we ban our own.  What Cavan need to argue is that they they were playing Compromise rules and then they will be ok. 

[Don Johnson]

Only Cavan like...Let this one slide 

[Denn Forever]

So Cavan are setting the trend?  That'll be a first.

[illdecide]

It's ok Larry Reilly will sort it out

[Lawrence of Knockbride]

Well for a start James Reilly wasn't on the panel in 2010. I would question the merits on looking at Mackey as it's clear what he can/can't do. The rule is a joke. It's ok for the Crossmaglen and Glenites boys to play for 11 months of the year because they get to an Ulster final but not for some lad that hasn't kicked a ball since August, who may be trying to impress the management before the McKenna cup.

[Jinxy]

What harm.
It'll keep them out of the pub if nothing else.

[johnneycool]

Did Cavan hurlers break the ban as well I wonder???

[BallyhaiseMan]

Did Cavan hurlers break the ban as well I wonder???

if any of the hoganstand chat is accurate,Cavan Hurlers wont have anything to train for in 2011 !!!

This is a nothing story,it was just a few friends invited by Larry Reily for a kickabout in his back garden.

[dublinfella]

What harm.
It'll keep them out of the pub if nothing else.

I agree its a stupid rule, basically deliberately decreasing the standard of play, but it is however a rule.

Will be interesting to see how hard the GAA come down on them

[Jinxy]

Did Cavan hurlers break the ban as well I wonder???

if any of the hoganstand chat is accurate,Cavan Hurlers wont have anything to train for in 2011 !!!

This is a nothing story,it was just a few friends invited by Larry Reily for a kickabout in his back garden.

Cavan have no choice but to breach the collective training ban as the only way Larry Reilly can get a decent leg workout is by squatting a steel girder with the rest of the squad sitting on it.

[Bogball XV]

They should claim that they thought the ban applied to any two months of their choosing, since they last played in July, there's plenty of scope for a break.

[johnneycool]

What harm.
It'll keep them out of the pub if nothing else.

I agree its a stupid rule, basically deliberately decreasing the standard of play, but it is however a rule.

Will be interesting to see how hard the GAA come down on them

The ban is allegedly to prevent player burn out, but IMO it's more to do with trying to keep running costs down, just like the impending decisions by some county boards to stop fielding inter-county hurling teams.

[Banana Man]

They should claim that they thought the ban applied to any two months of their choosing, since they last played in July, there's plenty of scope for a break.

cracker

[mylestheslasher]

How is a team with a handful of last yrs players having a kick around a breech of training rules exactly. No doubt the book will be thrown at Cavan.