Joe Fortune is the latest manager to hit out at the condensed inter-county season.

The Westmeath hurling boss was speaking after David O’Reilly, David Williams, Peter Clarke and Conor Gaffney played important senior and U20 championship matches against Offaly and Dublin respectively on successive days last weekend.

“I have a huge problem with how congested the thing is for players. Not for me – my job is to manage the team,” he complained.

“I don’t think it’s right what is happening. I would have loved not to play the U20s. The lads spoke to me during the week. They want to play senior for Westmeath and they want to play for the U20s. If I could have taken them off earlier, I would have.

“What are we doing putting on two games within 14 or 15 hours of each other?”

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