Eddie Brennan calls for end to early-season fixture glut

Kilkenny U21 manager Eddie Brennan believes early -season competitions may have run their course and stresses the number of games for 18 to 21-year-olds needs to be reduced.

Brennan, who has been overseeing the Cats in Brian Cody’s stead in the Walsh Cup, yesterday saw his experimental side made up of U21s and a handful of senior panel members lose in what was Offaly’s first competitive game in Birr in nine years.