Kelly seeks quicker replay turnaround

Clare hurler Tony Kelly believes the three-week gap to the All-Ireland final replay is excessive, calling for future replays to be scheduled six days on.

The Tipperary/Kilkenny replay has been fixed for Saturday, September 27, a similar three-week lay-off afforded to Cork and Clare following last year’s drawn final, and, indeed, Galway/ Kilkenny the year previous.

Kelly says the Banner benefited hugely from the distraction of their U21 decider against Antrim in 2013, but believes three weeks is too long in putting players through the entire final build-up again.