'Be careful what you ask for': Kerry GAA chief's warning over regrading of clubs' second teams

'The lower divisions are where you will find the small, rural and the struggling club. We are all proud clubs but we are all similar in terms of resources and player base and we should be all playing each other'

WARNING: Kerry CEO Peter Twiss - 'Second team players are also entitled to competitive football', he told Board delegates. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

IN a radical move that is likely to have serious implications for bigger, urban GAA clubs, Kerry's Senior Football Leagues will consist of club's first teams only in 2026 - with 'B' and 'C' teams consigned to playing each other in junior leagues. The decision follows a Lispole motion passed at a County Board meeting Monday night.

Th west Kerry club sought at separate standalone Junior Football Co League competition exclusively for ‘B’ and ‘C’ teams that would run concurrently with the senior league - in effect making the SFL for first teams only.