Greene furious as Christy Ring final fixture ‘fiasco’ rages on

WESTMEATH manager Johnny Dooley has already vented his wrath at the GAA authorities over the fixing of the Christy Ring final for this evening in Croke Park at 7.30pm, a slot which he felt showed utter contempt for the hurlers of Westmeath and Carlow.

At the request of both counties, the final will instead take place on Sunday in Tullamore at 6pm, but yesterday, Carlow manager Jim Greene was still fuming.

“The Croke Park thing was a pure fiasco. The minute they started tampering with the Christy Ring final, they ruined it. The original idea, when Seán Kelly (former GAA president) first introduced it, was that the weaker counties were now going to get their big day in Croke Park, playing in front of a big crowd on All-Ireland hurling semi-final day, a proper setting for them.