Wicklow manager Eamonn Scallan made an impassionate plea to county board delegates to leave his squad alone as they prepare for the championship.

Scallan wants to prepare for the Christy Ring Cup during the ‘club only’ month of April, which is a bone of contention in most counties.

The Wexford All-Ireland winner spoke to delegates at a county board meeting where he put his point of view across.

“I was asked to come here to give a presentation and I have absolutely zero intention of getting up here and lecturing people about what the senior hurlers in Wicklow are going to be doing for the coming year,” The Wicklow People reports Scallan telling the delegates.

“I will talk specifically about playing matches in April, the club month as it is called – and if I was to look with hindsight and assess the way the year finished; we had a reasonable success I would say in winning the league, but the ultimate aim of getting to the Christy Ring Cup final wasn’t achieved.”

He added: “I don’t think having a round of the club championship in April benefitted anybody.”

A decision of Scallan’s request is expected to be made at the first meeting of the county board in 2020.

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