Home and away motion Bridge too far, claims Munster Council chief

MUNSTER chairman Sean Walsh warned a motion from a Clare club calling for all club games to be played on a home and away basis would create a serious headache.

The Sixmilebridge motion was unanimously passed at the Clare convention in December and will go before the province in spring.

It was drafted as a direct response to the controversy that erupted when the recent drawn Munster Club SHC final and replay between Na Piarsaigh and Crusheen were staged in Thurles. The showpiece games drew paltry a crowds of 2,893 at the drawn match and 2,486 at the replay, and there was criticism that the ties were not staged at a more neutral-friendly venue like Ennis or the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick.