Railway Cup final heading Down Under

NEXT year’s Railway Cup hurling final will be played in Australia as a curtain raiser to an International Rules fixture.

The decider was played in Rome last October in a bid to boost the profile of the game and bring new life to an ailing competition and now GAA President Sean Kelly is hoping to continue the international experiment with a trip to the Southern hemisphere.

“It is a realistic goal,” Kelly said. “When we were in Australia last year, we discussed bringing the inter-pro hurling final over as a curtain-raiser to one of the tests.