Galway bid to have the final say

Galway v Dublin: “An absolute joke”. Next to absolute disgrace, it’s the standard damning in the GAA lexicon, but a lack of originality doesn’t harm Barry Cullinane’s argument. 

Today, as a Galway selector, he’s on the sideline for the last All- Ireland U21 football final and he doesn’t want to say goodbye to a proven product.

From 2018, the U20 “development” championship, which will feature no senior county panellists, will run concurrently with the senior championship. The decision to do away with U21 is premised on player welfare, but Cullinane believes it’s one that will be mourned.