Paudie O’Neill predicts U21 hurling adjustment

Hurling development committee chairman Paudie O’Neill predicts the code’s U21 All-Ireland championship will be reduced to U20 if a Congress motion to change the minor grade to U17 in 2018 is successful.

Re-grading minor in football and hurling is part of GAA director general Páraic Duffy’s plans to alleviate the pressure on young players especially those sitting the Leaving Cert and A level examinations.

Unlike the U21 All-Ireland football championship which Duffy wants to remove, there are no plans to get rid of hurling’s equivalent competition.