Munster GAA chairman backs eight-team provincial structure for football championship

Liam Lenihan believes a minimum of three provincial championship games will help to improve the traditionally less successful counties and increase the likelihood of Tipperary’s 2020 Munster winning feat being replicated on a more frequent basis

Tipperary's Colin O'Riordan is tackled by Ian Maguire of Cork during the Munster SFC final. Photo by Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

Munster GAA chairman Liam Lenihan believes the four provinces of eight football championship proposal will lead to greater frequency of the Munster SFC title being won by counties other than Cork and Kerry.

One of the two proposals put forward by the fixture calendar review task force involves rebalancing the existing provincial structure, with one county from Ulster and three from Leinster moving across to Connacht and Munster respectively to form four conferences of eight.