Dublin warning over legitimacy of proposed league changes

The National Hurling League row could yet rumble on past Saturday’s Central Council meeting after Dublin raised doubts about the legitimacy of the new proposal.

The Management Committee-endorsed structure recommends making Division 1 a 12-county competition split into two sections of six including two cross-section games.

However, Dublin chairman Andy Kettle has indicated the format devised by national fixture planning committee member Michael Burns could be open to appeal based on the cross-section games, which pits each team in two games against similar seeded counties from the other group.