Reynolds wants provincial football champions rewarded

'The present structure for the All Ireland Senior Football Championship may not be pleasing to all,' Reynolds writes in his report to Saturday’s Leinster GAA convention. 

JUST REWARD: Con O'Callaghan of Dublin in action against Conall McCaul of Louth during the Leinster GAA Football Senior Championship final. Pic: Stephen Marken/Sportsfile

Leinster GAA secretary Michael Reynolds suggests the winners of the provincial senior football championships should be given byes to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

A year into the new Sam Maguire Cup format where the eight provincial finalists are joined in the round-robin format by seven counties based on their league standings and the previous season’s Tailteann Cup winners, Reynolds would like to see the provincial champions guaranteed passage beyond the groups to the last eight.