What’s the point of super 11s in Boston when we’re fighting in small counties to keep the game going? LILYWHITES BOSS ANGERED BY LACK OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT
KILDARE hurling boss Joe Quaid has hit out at the GPA’S ‘super 11s’ concept, which is to be staged once again in Boston this weekend. Hurling Super 11s returns to Fenway Park in Boston this Sunday with counties competing for the inaugural Players Champions Cup. It will be streamed live by TG4.
MATCH SCHEDULE:
12:30pm - Semi-final one: Dublin vs Galway
1:30pm - Semi-final two: Clare vs Tipperary 3:00pm - Final
and the likes of ourselves in Kildare are fighting to get basically anything we can to try and keep the thing going.
“If we had the budget for one of the teams going to America, the amount of stuff we could do with that in Kildare would be huge.
“The board could put more money into the development squads and stuff.
“From our own side of it, we don’t have the budget there for the top of the range tracking devices, you know, stuff like that, which all cost money.
“Every second tier team is working on a budget and a very tight budget.
“To be fair, Kildare county board are very good in ways but there’s a lot more that could be done.
“The money that’s being wasted sending teams to America, it could very easily be put into the GAA in other ways.”
Quaid also confirmed that, as of now, he will be drawing from a panel of homegrown players next year after welcoming former Kilkenny star John Mulhall, Limerick pair David and Mike Reidy and Dinny Stapleton of Tipperary on board for 2017.