Hurling the real victim if big boys get their way

Calls to change the Allianz Hurling League structures to two groups of six smack of elitism, according to Carlow manager Kevin Ryan, who reckons it will kill off the game in weaker counties.

KEVIN RYAN’S GAA career has been filled with expectation followed by disappointment.

As a young Déise player in the 1980s he joined a team filled with self-doubt. A few wins came but ultimately, on Munster final day, they came up short.