Newcastle West stay local in drive for Munster SFC glory

Newcastle West's is a management team made up entirely of locals, each one a native of the West Limerick town

Newcastle Wests Shane Stack and The Nire's Tom Barron and Dylan Guiry in their meeting in the Munster Senior Football Quarter Final played in Newcastle West, Limerick on Saturday. Pic: Brian Arthur

In his address to last Monday’s Tipperary convention, county board chairman Joe Kennedy deemed it necessary to question if Tipperary clubs have any faith at all in coaches from their own club.

Across both codes in Tipperary, said Kennedy, there are countless examples of clubs bringing in managers not only from outside the club but from outside the county.