Only right blend will pack great stadium

Croke Park can expect a somewhat quieter summer than it is accustomed to. Brendan O’Brien reports.

CROKE PARK opens its doors tomorrow for a Leinster football championship double-header but it’s schedule for the rest of the summer will be almost a trickle compared to the torrent of 2005.

The consensus over how best — and how much — to use Croker over the course of a championship season has changed.