Nickey Brennan: Leinster Council must 'cut its cloth' if poor attendances continue

The combined total attendance of last weekend's three Leinster SHC matches did not surpass the crowd gathered at Cusack Park to watch Clare take on Cork. 

PALTRY: Just 8,243 spectators were in attendance at Nowlan Park on Saturday for Kilkenny's opening Leinster SHC clash with Galway. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Former GAA president Nickey Brennan says the Leinster Council has “some big thinking to do” if they are to arrest dwindling crowds at their Leinster SHC round-robin games.

Brennan described as “disappointing” and “worrying” how the combined attendance at Saturday’s three first-round Leinster hurling games - 18,411 - was less than the 20,778-sell-out that watched the Clare-Cork Munster opener in Ennis the following afternoon.