The last quarter of the 2015 Munster minor semi-final was one of the sweetest 15 minutes that I ever put down as a coach, writes Anthony Daly 

Kerry U20 manager Jack O’Connor has hit out at the ban on inter-county challenge games, a rule he believes is totally lacking in common sense.

Hurling will join Gaelic football in moving from an U21 All-Ireland championship to an U20 competition in the near future.

Limerick GAA secretary Mike O’Riordan is not in favour of the new Super 8 format, calling for the introduction of a two-tier football championship.

The new Super 8 championship structure could lead to situations where teams may play to lose, a leading administrator has claimed.

Limerick U21 hurling boss Pat Donnelly believes the county should be in a position to challenge for a senior All- Ireland by 2020.

This Limerick U21 team carries shades of last year’s Waterford class.

Not that he sees it this way but it’s a triumph that Stephen Bennett is this evening expected to be named in the Waterford team to face Cork.

DJ Carey believes nobody is better placed to oversee Kilkenny senior hurling’s period of transition than Brian Cody.

Cork 1-26 Dublin 1-23: Firstly, the positives for Cork. Heaven knows there’s been enough of the other stuff this last while.

Some people make you laugh when commenting on matches at any level in the GAA.

It is exactly 12 months since the Limerick U21 footballers came within a whisker of upsetting Cork in a seven goal Munster quarter-final thriller.

Last year, the GAA’s Minor Review Work Group made the startling revelation a quarter of young players either trained or played seven days a week.

Former Limerick senior hurling manager and player Eamon Cregan has hit out at the Limerick County Board’s decision to play the club U21 hurling championship at the same time as the Fitzgibbon Cup.

GAA president Aogán Ó Fearghail accepts Croke Park’s plans to scrap the All-Ireland U21 football championship may have been hasty.

Dublin GAA secretary John Costello has accused Croke Park top brass of behaving like Ebeneezer Scrooge after their request for a share of the gate receipts from the Dublin-Mayo All-Ireland semi-final replay yielded the “princely sum” of €7,500.

The executive of the Cork County Board have proposed amendments to the way the county senior and intermediate championships are run.

The GPA have broadly welcomed the 11 proposals set out by GAA director general Páraic Duffy aimed at addressing player burnout, overtraining and the fixtures calendar.

Ger Cunningham has called for a revamp of the All-Ireland U21 hurling championship, proposing a second chance be afforded to both the defeated Leinster and Munster finalists.

Galway’s strong tradition at minor hurling level has fostered a culture of expectation among the county’s present crop, according to manager Jeffrey Lynskey.

Galway minor hurling manager Jeffrey Lynskey is hoping the GAA will agree to a reformatting of the All-Ireland championship at that level.

Meath 0-14 Cavn 0-12: Meath took the honours against neighbours Cavan at Pairc Tailteann but the spoils were shared out elsewhere as victories for Down and Roscommon ensured top tier football for both in 2016.

Kerry selector John Shanahan believes the scheduling of the All-Ireland U21 football championship is impractical and wants a summer start to the competition.

Sean Barry is confident the death of Meath underage football has been greatly exaggerated.

The standard of refereeing at inter-county level came in for strong criticism at yesterday’s annual Cork County Board convention in Pairc Uí Chaoimh, with the allegation that there is now "a serious lack of application" of the rules.

Alan Cadogan will not feature for the Cork senior footballers in 2015, having chosen to focus on hurling next season.

Growing up in Cromane, Donnchadh Walsh had no ambition to play for Mid Kerry.

BORD GAÍS ALL-IRELAND U21 HC FINAL:

Ballincollig 3-15 Carbery 1-11

Clare hurling coach Paul Kinnerk has labelled the county’s three-in-a-row Munster U21-winning team as a "once in a lifetime group".

It would be fairly typical of Niall Kelly’s year if a heavy knock suffered in a training match last weekend were to rule him out of Kildare’s Leinster quarter-final against Louth on Sunday.

Dublin’s victorious All-Ireland U21 campaign meant Paul Mannion had to miss the back end of the senior side’s recent league triumph but he may miss next spring’s campaign in its entirety due to studies abroad.

The eight quarter-finalists in this year’s Cork U21AFC have been asked to come up with alternative proposals for the staging of their ties.

Last month, GAA president Liam O’Neill was asked about the annual difficulties county boards encounter with fixtures at the latter end of the year.

The last time Nemo Rangers went three years in a row without winning a County SFC title was before the millennium.

A few things are bothering me about this All-Ireland final and they revolve around the complaints coming from Antrim about playing the game in Thurles and their fans feeling slighted again.