Cats question wisdom of bank holiday game

Kilkenny chairman Paul Kinsella has questioned the scheduling of the All-Ireland senior hurling champions’ first home league game on a bank holiday Monday.

Cats question wisdom of bank holiday game

Like Cork and Tipperary, the All-Ireland champions have just two home games in Division 1A next year and the first of them falls on Monday, March 18, when they entertain Waterford.

“It’s the reverse of last year’s fixtures and we knew that was coming,” acknowledged Kinsella. “The only point I’d make about it is purely from a financial point of view. We have one of the best home attendance records and having our first game at home on a bank holiday Monday is not a great way of generating revenue.

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