Cooney says hurling top flight won’t be expanded

GAA president Christy Cooney has ruled out the possibility of the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 being expanded for next year.

Speaking at the AIB provincial club player awards ceremony in Dublin yesterday, Cooney explained Croke Park are not planning to revert to the enlarged top-flight of the mid-Noughties.

It had been intimated the Central Competitions Control Committee would endorse a 12- or 14-team league, possibly split into two groups, as had previously been the case.