Not to ‘B’ as London are latest side to pull out of Tommy Murphy Cup

LONDON have become the latest team to withdraw from the Tommy Murphy Cup.

The competition created by GAA President Sean Kelly, designed to give counties beaten in the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers extra games, has now been reduced to four counties.

"The view from the other counties is that it has come a year too early as most of them had their fixtures programmes made out," a Croke Park spokesperson said yesterday.