For Cork's GAA divisions, championship withdrawals is a bleak portent

The commitment levels are rising all the time with the club, and that is the biggest issue. Your club is everything and so your club takes precedence regardless

FADING FORCE: Duhallow's Jason O'Callaghan against Avondhu in the Co-Op Superstores Cork SHC at Glantane. Pic: John Tarrant

The manager of a Cork divisional hurling team that conceded its championship fixture this week doesn’t see a future for divisional teams.

Duhallow were unable to fulfil their second round-robin game against Muskerry in the unseeded colleges/divisions section of the Cork Premier SHC, becoming the fourth division this year - after Carrigdhoun in hurling, and Imokilly and Beara in football - that failed to field because of a lack of playing numbers.