Connolly fears Super 8 will be ‘to the detriment of Irish society’
The Monaghan man worked with Jim Gavin’s senior set-up for a season-and-a-half before he moved to the US where he is now director of performance with the University of Michigan’s American football programme.
Because of the GAA’s indelible link with Irish culture make-up, Connolly is perturbed by the elitist nature of the round-robin addition to this year’s championship, which will see each of the final eight teams play three matches.
