Club fare alone can’t fill the April vacuum
April was never meant to be a club championship month — former GAA director general Páraic Duffy stated that wasn’t the intention and predicted many counties would hold off on the majority of their championships until August. But what exactly is its purpose? If it was an attempt to have county players line out for their clubs in more league games, it can’t truly be regarded as a success, although Duffy’s structure in his native Monaghan is worth trialling in more counties.
To even describe April as an inter-county break would be dubious when weekdays are filled with county training sessions and a multitude of challenge games are set to take place over the next two weekends.
