Keith Higgins has expressed his disgust at the GAA's ban on Mayo footballers' proposed training trip to Portugal.

John O'Mahony's squad were forced to cancel their planned six-day training camp in Vilamoura after it emerged that it would have been in breach of GAA regulations.

The GAA wrote to all counties last Friday morning reminding them of their obligations in relation to rules that cover such training breaks. Mayo contacted Croke Park earlier this week and on foot of that conversation, they decided to pull the plug on the trip just days before the team was due to depart.

"We only heard the news yesterday and we are very disappointed to put it mildly," Mayo dual star Higgins said in the Irish Examiner.

"Lots of other counties have been abroad on training trips this year, so there doesn't appear to be an equal playing field.

"I've been away on such training trips two or three times before and I've found them very beneficial. When you're away like that, you can go into things in much finer detail and hold regular meetings and have discussions between the team management and players.

"Obviously, you're together all the time, unlike the situation at home where you're only meeting a few times a week." Tweet

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