Don’t tinker with Munster plea

MUNSTER GAA chiefs have voiced dismay at proposals to scrap provincial hurling championships in favour of a Champions League style All-Ireland structure.

Hurling Development Committee (HDC) chairman Ned Quinn stated on Monday that he saw such a development as a formality within the next decade but Munster Council chairman Jimmy O’Gorman staunchly defended the provincial status quo yesterday.

“I am on record from after the Munster final as saying that the Munster Championship belongs to Munster,” said the Lismore clubman. “It has stood the test of time. We have a championship because of the work we have put into it down the years.