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A storm in a teacup called 'jersey-gate' has been brewing in Westmeath

On tonight's Off The Ball Newsround, a wee "storm in a teacup" involving Westmeath's minor hurler...



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A storm in a teacup called 'jersey-gate' has been brewing in Westmeath

On tonight's Off The Ball Newsround, a wee "storm in a teacup" involving Westmeath's minor hurlers and the tale of swapped jerseys came up.

But what's it all about? Wooly was on hand to give a bit of background and you can listen to the full Newsround podcast here:

A storm in a teacup called 'jersey-gate' has been brewing in Westmeath

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"All's not well today. There's some serious scandal kicking off in Westmeath GAA - minor hurling especially. Their minor hurling manager tweeted not long before we came on air:

 

 

"Johnny Greville who's the manger reckons he heard through a third party that the county board had pulled the team out of the B Championship because they swapped their jerseys after losing to Dublin [in the A semi-final].

"Greville thinks this is the team's punishment for having swapped the jerseys. Now, they would have been under orders not to swap their jerseys. I've a lot of experience with county boards and jerseys and if you swap the jerseys before the year is over, they will not be very pleased about this.

"I've done it plenty of times. I've swapped jerseys after a game and actually had to meet the team I swapped jerseys with to swap back the jersey because the year's not finished. They're very precious about them.

"I can see where Greville is coming from and I would tend to believe what Greville is saying. However, we did contact the Westmeath county board.

"The Westmeath PRO said it was the first he heard of it and chairman Sean Sheridan said the tweet is unacceptable and he's highly disappointed with Greville."

Adrian Barry added that Sheridan had also made the point that Westmeath have plenty of jerseys because they bought nine sets last year.  

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