Special Congress changes threw Kerry hurling under the bus, says Fintan O’Connor

The changes brought about at last year’s Special Congress saw Kerry hurling “thrown under the bus”, Kingdom manager Fintan O’Connor has claimed.

Kerry, along with Antrim, Carlow, Laois, Meath, and Westmeath, will compete in the new tier-two championship this summer.

The reward for the two finalists is a place in the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals against the third-placed teams from the Leinster and Munster championships proper, but when it came to promotion from the second tier, delegates at Special Congress handed Kerry the short straw.