Munster seeding to go ahead

Limerick veteran John Galvin and Tipperary manager Peter Creedon have expressed disappointment in the Munster Council’s decision to go ahead with a seeded draw for next year’s senior football championship.

At an emergency meeting in Munster GAA headquarters in Limerick yesterday to discuss the 2014 SFC structure, council chairman Robert Frost ruled a motion to revisit the competition controls committee’s (CCC) decision to give semi-final byes to Cork and Kerry was out of order.

A statement afterwards stated it would be in breach of rule 3.31 (e), “which states alterations may be considered only on an annual basis”. It’s all but certain there will be a proposal to opt for a return to the open draw next year. However, Cork and Kerry will be placed in separate semi-finals in next Thursday’s 2014 draw.