SUGRUE FURY AT PENALTY

GAA EXTRA LAOIS manager John Sugrue is disgusted with the hypocrisy of some teams getting away with breaking training camp rules – while his side was punished.

The Armagh and Laois footballers, along with the Waterford and Wexford hurlers, have forfeited one home NFL game next year.

Our of 17 county sides investigaed, those four were found to be in breach of the rule that no team can organise a training camp after the League until their Championship opener is 10 days away.

Laois went to Kerry on a training weekend in

May – with their Leinster SFC opener against Westmeath a fortnight away. Sugrue (above) voiced his displeasure in an open letter.

“The situation where one county does the right thing and stands up for what it has done and takes the consequences is suffering far more than the county who cowers behind mistruths and gets off with any sanctions,” he blasted.

“This to my mind continues the trend in seriously questionable stories as well as legal jargon being used in the GAA to excuse ourselves from the consequences of our actions.”

In a veiled reference to the Dublin footballer’s trip to France for ‘an historical trip’ – taken outside of the permitted training camp time parameters – Sugrue added: “We will head back to Kerry and collect receipts from a visit to Daniel O’connell’s birthplace to ensure we have a historical purpose as the main aspect of our trip.

“One rule for all means all should take the consequences for breaking that rule, or else the rule is deemed inneffective and don’t enforce it at all in it’s current guise.”