U25 hurling championship attracts strong support

Munster GAA chairman Jerry O’Sullivan has confirmed that the province will run an U25 hurling championship in the summer, while a similar format could be introduced for football.

With O’Sullivan’s native Cork the only county to express an interest in maintaining the intermediate competition, they are effectively Munster champions and it throws the future of that grade into some doubt. Ulster do not provide an intermediate representative and, with Wexford, Galway, and Kilkenny the only Leinster teams involved, that leaves just four counties competing for the All-Ireland title.

Munster officials are still gauging interest in the junior football championship, but it’s not certain at this point in time if all will compete. If they don’t, O’Sullivan indicated that the U25 competition is an option for football also.