Football is at risk of being “destroyed” until such time as a fair and equitable

Wexford’s hurlers and Kildare’s footballers may have failed to land provincial titles last summer but the presence of both counties in the respective 2017 deciders proved to be a winning combination for the Leinster Council.

The Kanturk hurlers couldn’t settle. A fortnight without a single training session or game had become alien to them.

CORK County Board chairman Jerry O’Sullivan hopes Páirc Uí Chaoimh’s already-reduced 43,500 capacity won’t be further reduced for next summer’s potential Munster marquee games.