Noel Walsh brands Kerry County Board’s Legion ruling as ‘farcical’

Former Munster Council chairman Noel Walsh has described the decision of the Kerry County Board to nominate Legion as the county’s representatives for Sunday’s Munster Club SFC semi-final as “farcical”.

Walsh empathised with Kerry Club Championship winners Dingle, who were overlooked after the citing of a bye-law which states: “In the case of the senior football championship, Kerry shall be represented by the longest standing club in the county senior football championship with the following exceptions — where the county shall be represented by the winners of the Kerry Club Championship: (a) Where the county championship is completed and won by a divisional/group team. (b) Where the county championship is not completed and all club teams have been eliminated.”

The Miltown-Malbay native lamented the uneven playing field which saw Stradbally forced to play two games in the space of 23 hours to ensure Waterford representation in the provincial championship, whereas Legion have been afforded the opportunity to line out against Nemo Rangers on Sunday and then return to play South Kerry in the replayed senior championship county final the following weekend.