Eamonn Fitzmaurice: Championship not there to cater for weaker counties

Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice has offered a strong endorsement of the GAA’s Super 8 plan for next season — insisting it’s not the brief of a championship to cater for weaker counties.

However the former dual player with Finuge footballers and Lixnaw hurlers says that a key next step is reform of the hurling championship.

“I would have thought it was needed anyway, but I understand the argument of the hurling community, that at a key time of the year football will almost take over.