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The Waterford County Board has confirmed that they have conceded their final Allianz Football League Division 4 match against Antrim over Covid-19 concerns.
The seventh round match was to take place in Portglenone, outside Ballymena, on Saturday at 2pm.
But citing the concerns of the game panel members, Waterford has made the decision not to participate in the match.
“Unfortunately, after weighing all the options and taking into account the genuine concern of our players, we had no choice but to concede our last league game against Antrim this weekend,” Waterford GAA said in a statement.
“This is not a decision that we have taken lightly, especially considering that our match against London scheduled last weekend was also a victim of the Covid-19 crisis, which places us in a very vulnerable position of facing the first round of the championship. ” against Limerick on Saturday October 31st, given that they will have had the opportunity to have played two league games. “
The county board added that “several options were considered”, including a request for the game to be played at a location in the Republic of Ireland, before making the decision not to travel to Antrim, but that eventually the management team ” He felt obligated to respect the health and wellness concerns “raised by the players.
Waterford also confirmed that the decision followed the withdrawal of several players citing personal family circumstances amid “reservations within the gaming group to travel to the Belfast area” and that the employers of some panel members stipulated that a period of 14 days A period of isolation will be required when players return from Northern Ireland.
“These two main factors were seriously considered along with the possibility of any incidence of coronavirus transmission to any of our roaming gaming group with a seven-day response time to the Munster Championship,” they added.
The Waterford footballers open their championship campaign against Limerick on October 31 at Fraher Field, Dungarvan.
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