Player welfare? West Tipperary players forced to play three big games over six days!

DERELICTION OF DUTY?

Hot on the heels of the Sologhead/Cappawhite combination's defeat to Arravale Rovers in the U21A Football West Final four days earlier the Cappawhite/Sologhead combination again had to settle for the runners-up spot in the hurling equivalent on St Stephen's Day as Cashel King Cormacs captured the silverware on a scoreline of, 3-12 to 1-15.

Dundrum was the venue on this occasion and despite an heroic effort by the “combo” it just fell short and while 1-15 would guarantee victory on other days, the three goal concession proved their undoing while helping Cashel KCs over the line and on their way to the West U21A crown

One could easily question the fixture schedule, for, in this case, a number of boys who had lined out with the Abbey CBS in a Tipperary Senior Football Schools semi-final on Wednesday, December 21, the Under 21A West Football Final on Thursday 22 and the Under 21 Hurling on Monday 26, three big games inside six days and no time to recover.

We have all heard of player burnout in our young players so I would call this scheduling a dereliction of duty by the various committees with no regard towards our young players welfare