Morgan blasts ‘crazy’ club captaincy systems

BILLY MORGAN has described as “crazy” the system which allows county champions to nominate a captain for the senior inter-county side the following season.

Both Kilkenny and Tipperary started this year’s All-Ireland final with their captains — Michael Fennelly and Willie Ryan — on the bench and Kerry’s Darran O’Sullivan may do likewise on Sunday.

Cork abolished that policy this year when delegates voted to remove the rule — as well as another which allowed the county champions to nominate a selector — and it has allowed Conor Counihan to hand the armband to Graham Canty.