Travers wants Antrim to join Leinster Championship

BOTH ANTRIM and Leinster would benefit by the Ulster side’s inclusion in the eastern province’s championship, according to Wexford defender Malachy Travers.

The door certainly seems open to such a move. Leinster Council chairman Liam O’Neill has already said any request for Antrim’s inclusion championship would be “sympathetically considered”. Antrim are bitterly disappointed with the new hurling championship structure that has paired them off against Galway every year for the foreseeable future on a home and away basis.

The Glensmen have already defeated Kilkenny, Offaly and Wexford in competitive action this year and Travers would have no objection to facing them in the provincial championship too.