EIGHT PLAYERS FROM Clare, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford met in Tipperary Town last night to voice their displeasure over the controversial decision to introduce seeding in next year’s Munster senior football championship.
And they are set to send letters to their respective county boards urging them to seek an emergency meeting of the Munster Council on the issue.
A meeting of the Munster Council last Thursday night voted to send Cork and Kerry straight into provincial semi-finals at opposite sides of the draw.
The decision has been met with unanimous disapproval from players in Clare, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford and they are seeking to have it reversed.
Clare trio Gary Brennan, Gordon Kelly and Joe Hayes, Limerick duo Stephen Kelly and Seanie Buckley, Tipperary pair George Hannigan and Brian Fox, and Waterford’s Shane Briggs met last night to discuss the issue.
The meeting was organised to canvas views on the decision amongst the players in the four counties and there is unanimous opposition to the seeding system.
The players have also been in contact with the GPA in order to get advice on how to handle the situation. It is unprecedented for rival players to come together in such a scenario but the four squads believe the decision will stem any progress that they are trying to make.
