Cuthbert: Go back to U18, but no minor must play senior

The revival of the U18 minor grade is something Cuthbert is amenable to providing that U18s are not expected to play adult.

Brian Cuthbert: "I’m involved in the U17 minors in my own club and to think that any of them would be going straight into an adult dressing room is beyond belief.’

Former Cork senior football manager Brian Cuthbert is in favour of the minor grade returning to U18 so long as eligible players are not permitted to play adult club football or hurling.

Cuthbert was a prominent member of the talent academy and player development committee, the last national under-age taskforce. Their 2019 report stressed the importance of decoupling in helping to counter drop-out figures and proposed age grades be organised in odd years before U17 – ie, U15, U13.