Sunny side up for GAA attendances

The GAA is on course for a hike in Championship attendances, with three of the four provincial councils estimating increases on last year’s numbers.

Combining factors such as replays, the novelty of the Kilkenny-Tipperary qualifier, the most open hurling competition in years, not to mention the recent good weather, the association is on the way to eclipsing their total figures for 2012.

GAA director of games administration Feargal McGill was remaining grounded on the matter.