Minor final before senior would make Galway summers 'a wasteland'

Galway county chairman Paul Bellew makes the case against All-Ireland minor finals returning as curtain raisers on the biggest Sundays

Referee Niall Cullen with Galway joint-captains Jack Lonergan, left, and Éanna Monaghan and Mayo joint-captains Diarmuid Duffy and Ronan Clarke, right, before the 2022 Electric Ireland GAA Football All-Ireland Minor Championship Final match between Galway and Mayo at Dr Hyde Park in Roscommon. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

The underage scene in Galway will become a summer “wasteland” if All-Ireland minor finals return as curtain-raisers to the senior deciders, according to county chairman Paul Bellew.

Fermanagh are bringing forward a motion to Congress this Saturday looking for the ultimate U17 games to be restored to their previous billing for the first time since 2019.