Provincial finals should stand alone, says Jamesie O’Connor

Jamesie O’Connor believes the GAA has scored an own goal with their decision to play the Munster and Leinster senior hurling finals on the same day this summer.

Both deciders will be contested on July 1 and O’Connor, who is a fan of the newly-formatted championship in general, believes the move will dilute the impact which the games have traditionally had as ‘standalone’ fixtures.

The Munster decider will throw-in at 2pm with the Leinster fixture following at 4pm.