Jerry O’Sullivan backs new format for Munster

Munster Council chairman Jerry O’Sullivan has thrown his weight behind the Croke Park proposal to transform the provincial championships from knock-out to round-robin.

The GAA’s Central Council want the Liam MacCarthy Cup confined to 10 teams, with the format of the Leinster and Munster championship radically altered.

Attendances at this summer’s Munster SHC games were up by 27% on the year previous, with the number of patrons filing through the turnstiles rising from 100,868 to 127,992.