Tipperary boss Fitzgerald believes U20 format is a 'disgrace'

Of the four minor and U20 competitions run by Munster GAA, U20 football is the only one still wedded to a knockout format long passed its sell-by date.

'DISGRACE': Premier boss Niall Fitzgerald wasn’t behind the door with his views on the competition’s knockout format. Pic: Stephen Marken/Sportsfile

After watching his Tipperary U20 football team fall narrowly to Clare in Monday’s Munster quarter-final, Premier boss Niall Fitzgerald wasn’t behind the door with his views on the competition’s knockout format.

Unlike the Munster U20 hurling championship, where the round-robin system introduced this year guarantees counties a minimum of four games, the Munster U20 football equivalent offers neither second games nor second chances.