Counties fuming over ticket allocation

Fuming Clare and Kilkenny County Board officials will meet with Croke Park chiefs to discuss the ticket shortage for Sunday's All-Ireland hurling final.

Both counties believe they can bring at least 20,000 fans to HQ but the allocations fall well short with just 11,500 destined for Kilkenny and 8,500 for Clare.

Kilkenny secretary Pat Dunphy said: "We always believed that when the increased capacity in Croke Park was made available that the extra seats would go between the competing counties."