Special Congress: Pressure on Waterford in hurling’s new era

GAA director general Páraic Duffy and president Aogán Farrell are confident the prospect of home games will ensure Waterford make Walsh Park a viable venue for Munster championship hurling in the coming years.

Farrell made the comment after Saturday’s Special Congress decision to introduce a provincial round-robin system on a three-year trial basis from 2018, which will see five teams in Leinster (Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Offaly, Wexford) and Munster (Clare, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford) all play four games, two of which will be at home.

The top two teams in each province will contest the finals with the winners, as is the case now, progressing to the All-Ireland semi-finals.