Offaly fail with motion for 10-team Division 1

Offaly's motion for a 10-team Division One in next season's National Hurling League has been defeated today at a meeting of the GAA's Central Council.

The Central Council met to rule on the question of whether to retain the proposed Division One structure of nine teams for 2008 or make it a 10-team league, as Offaly were seeking after their recent defeat to Limerick in a relegation play-off.