Meath hurlers have requested a change of date for their fixture against London, because flights are too dear.

The Royals were due to travel to the English capital on St Patrick's weekend where they were to play the Exiles at Ruislip on Sunday March 18th.

However, as the Meath hurling board left it too late to book the flights to England, the cost of the tickets has escalated and are a lot higher than they normally would be.

The fact that Ireland play England in the Six Nations Rugby would also be cause for the increase in tickets that weekend. So, Meath requested to Croke Park that the game be changed and GAA officials have agreed to move the Division 2B clash to Saturday, March 3rd.

The London county board are not happy with the switch and Exiles' manager Eamonn Phelan admitted that the move doesn't suit them.

"It doesn't really suit us," Phelan told the Irish Post. "It would have been ideal to have the weekend off because it would have given us a chance to have a look at some more players with a bit of training ourselves.

"I tried to have it put back myself to the beginning of April but Meath wouldn't go for it. The County Board were backing me on it, but Meath went to Croke Park so there's nothing we can do. It's disappointing but we just have to go ahead with it now." Tweet

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