Open draw will ‘heighten interest’

Munster Council chief executive Simon Moroney has expressed relief that the controversy which overshadowed this year’s provincial senior football championship has been resolved.

The reintroduction of the seeded draw for the 2014 campaign saw the competition plagued by “bad press”, with the four aggrieved counties — Tipperary, Clare, Limerick and Waterford — refusing to participate in the McGrath Cup or allow players represent the province in the Railway Cup.

The seeded format was scrapped at Thursday night’s Munster Council meeting and Moroney is confident the open draw will “heighten interest” for 2015.