Club calls for Down's withdrawal from Allianz Leagues
January 09, 2026
Connacht manager Padraic Joyce, Geoff Sparling, Allianz Chief Customer Officer, Dessie Dolan, Leinster manager, Paul Shankey, Munster selector, Mark Brennan, Marketing Lead Allianz and Kieran Donnelly, Ulster manager. ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy.
Saval GAC has called for Down’s withdrawal from the National Leagues in protest at Allianz’s sponsorship of the competitions.
The club of 2010 All-Star footballer Danny Hughes will table a motion at next Thursday’s county board meeting calling for the county’s removal from the National Football and Hurling Leagues. It comes after the GAA decided to continue its 30-year relationship with Allianz, despite calls from a number of counties to end its association with the insurance group following a report which alleged the company profited from Israeli forces being in Gaza.
The motion reads: “The committee of Saval GAC propose that Coiste Uí Chontae An Dún urgently consider withdrawal from all inter-county fixtures and competitions that bear Allianz as lead sponsor.
“We have read the media release on the Ethics and Integrity Commission report to the 15-person management committee and vehemently disagree with their stance, and believe it to be completely at odds with the views of the members of our Association, and indeed the very ethos of the GAA.”
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