Henry Shefflin says delaying hurling draw a mistake

Henry Shefflin believes the GAA has missed a trick in delaying the draw for the All-Ireland hurling qualifiers until next week.

The shock detours taken by Tipperary, Kilkenny and Waterford have made this back door route the most demanding ever but a championship energised by the re-emergence of Wexford and Cork and by the early menace of Galway will now retreat into neutral gear with only Laois and Carlow in the diary this weekend.

“Everyone thought it (the draw) was today,” said Shefflin at the launch of Centra’s #WeAreHurling campaign yesterday. “Everyone was really looking forward to it since Kilkenny lost, since Tipperary lost … So it would be great for the buzz of the championship to have had it today.