Tipp-ing success for new minor age rule

The secretaries of the three counties with the smallest populations believe that the decision to increase the minimum age for minor at inter-county level will be a good one.

At the annual Congress last weekend, a motion from Tipperary’s Moyle Rovers seeking to prevent U16 players from playing minor narrowly exceeded the required two-thirds majority.

While the change is not likely to come into rule until the start of 2015 — so as not to impact counties who have already picked panels this year — there are no concerns with regard to hampering counties with smaller picks.