Council move on county ‘agreements’

MUNSTER Council chiefs have moved to prevent a repeat of the controversy surrounding this year’s provincial senior hurling decider when Waterford officials offered home advantage to their opponents.

Provincial bosses have adopted a motion preventing counties from making similar financial arrangements when fixing the venues of senior hurling championship ties.

The Council have ruled that Cork, Limerick and Tipperary are the only three counties permitted to enter into home-and-away agreements at senior hurling level as they have the only stadia capable of holding such games. Any clashes involving Clare and Waterford are to be scheduled by the Munster Council in consultation with those counties. PRO Jim Forbes believes this ruling will dissuade counties from making financial arrangements over fixtures.