‘Hurling needs more coaches than managers’

WATERFORD boss Justin McCarthy has called for the development of “more coaches than managers” to help hurling at inter-county level.

He was speaking at Allianz NHL launch in Dublin, with Brian Cody and Richie Bennis, where all three managers responded to the concerns of Leinster chairman Liam O’Neill at the lack of progress in expanding the game outside its traditional strongholds.

O’Neill said little had changed since the “hurling in crisis” statement at Congress in Cavan 14 years ago and very little had been done since the Strategic Review Committee’s aspiration in 2002 of having six teams outside the top ten in a position to contest the All-Ireland final.