Mutant Series Derailed by Mutant Flu Strain? Pigs Might Fly!
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But Sean Boylan, manager of the Irish team for the last two series isn’t too sure the reason for the deferral is finance related:
“To say it was just monetary, I would find it hard to accept. There may have been other things. One of the things that crossed my mind was, was there a certain fear of travelling so far on account of the swine ‘flu and so on?”
I suppose it’s a fair point, it’s bad enough having the Aussies here without having them laid up sick, whinging about the weather and wishing they were back home.
As you would expect one prominent GAA manager could not hide his glee at the news that the matches would not be taking palce this Autumn. One M Harte of Errigal Ciaran and Tyrone said (rather predictably):
“I am just delighted that it (the International Rules) is not happening. I think in this year of the 125 celebrations, we now get a chance to finish our celebrations with Gaelic football and not some hybrid game that doesn’t belong to our game at all.
“Now is the opportunity to resurrect the inter-provincial series to the level it should be at. I am not saying it is going to happen in one go, but there is a great opportunity now to begin the building process of giving it the importance that it deserves.
“Why not use the time that was going to be set aside for that to highlight the Railway Cup and build to make that a real event again?”
Regular readers of the Irish News beware – Mickey will no doubt say the same thing in this week’s column. . . but will take five times as long to say it.
