August talks to examine hurling league structure

THE GAA’s Hurling Development Committee (HDC) will bring proposals to the August meeting of Central Council relating to the structures of the Allianz hurling League next season.

The current system of an eight-team Division One and an eight-team Division Two is under the microscope with players and management from the likes of Clare, Limerick and Wexford claiming their development has been stunted in the lower tier.

It is understood delegates from some counties lobbied extensively at last weekend’s Central Council meeting for an overhaul of the system to allow them compete alongside the hurling’s elite next spring.