Clubs need a new route to take
Reason? Club championships on hold, in both counties. Kilkenny at least did have a break. As winners in Leinster, they had a waiting period of several weeks before their next game, thus saw an opportunity to hold a round of the club championships. In Clare, all go since losing to Tipperary, so all hold. Why, even the club football championship has been affected, one quarter-final still to be played, delayed as Lissycasey player Colin Lynch is involved with the hurlers.
The problem might get worse, as the inter-county scene heads almost inevitably towards more and bigger games. That's where the revenue is, and the GAA is going to need plenty of that in the coming years.