'A disaster' - U20 final throw-in time causing Shane Lowry some headaches

"They need to talk to someone at the GAA because I needed an early throw-in."

Golfer and Offaly supporter Shane Lowry, right, during the closing stages of the 2021 Eirgrid GAA Football All-Ireland U20 Championship Final match between Roscommon and Offaly at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Croke Park should expect a disgruntled phone call from a North American number this weekend.

The scheduling of the All-Ireland U20 hurling final for Nowlan Park on Saturday evening has already caused enough headaches with Offaly supporters irate that the venue is too small for the huge demand in the county. But it’s the time of the throw-in, at 7.15pm, that’s causing the county’s highest-profile supporter bigger problems.