So who’s ready to fill Des Cahill's Sunday Game shoes?

RTÉ has a decision to make. Does it replace Dessie as night-time host with a Montrose staffer or go head-hunting - perhaps across the great media divide - for the new face of Montrose's GAA television coverage?

RTÉ presenter Jacqui Hurley. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

IT’LL be next April before RTÉ’s The Sunday Game returns with its weekly highlights bundle of fun, but that will hardly prevent the tongues wagging around the Montrose canteen.

Will Des Cahill’s replacement be in-house or will RTÉ go outside Donnybrook and headhunt a replacement for the Cuala man? It’s no midnight run, this gig, despite the facile criticism from inside and out that debate is stymied and a few laughs wouldn't go amiss. One Sunday night last summer featured twenty-one championship games in all - should the programme producers cover less and chat more? Or does every Qualifier deserve its 60 seconds of fame? No wonder dapper Des can often look frazzled.