New Munster Council chairman Liam Lenihan aims to get the lowdown on the decline of rural clubs as a means of “keeping the dream alive in country areas”.

New Munster Council CEO Kieran Leddy has one obvious challenge looming; a Munster Hurling Championship swelled to almost three times its old size. But there is much more in his in-tray; the financing of clubs, the ever-tightening squeeze on facilities and a shortage of referees