Prenty blasts International Rules return
March 31, 2025
The Irish International Rules squad training at St Anne's Park, Adelaide.
©INPHO/Tommy Dickson.
Connacht GAA secretary John Prenty is less than impressed with reports that the International Rules series between Ireland and Australia could return in October.
The Ballyhaunis man accused the GPA of lacking ‘consistency’ over player welfare concerns after they successfully lobbied for this year’s pre-season competitions to be scrapped, while advocating the return of the International Rules series at the same time.
“It makes no difference when the International Rules is staged, some poor hoor is going to get battered no matter when,” he said at the launch of the 2025 Connacht SFC.
“How player welfare can be a problem in the FBD, which is a pre-season competition for younger fellas to get an opportunity to play, and you get your best players in the middle of the club championship getting battered by a crowd of professionals from Australia?
“I just find it hard to square that circle.”
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