Former Armagh manager Joe Kernan believes next month's experimental interprovincial games could lead to the return of the historic Railway Cup competition.
Joe Kernan is hopeful that next month’s experimental interprovincial games will lead to a revival of the old Railway Cup .
The games will take place at Croke Park and will be shown live by RTE and TG4 though it is believed that there are no plans to present a trophy to the winners for now at least, with all the focus on the rules. The four provincial squads will be drawn from players whose club commitments have finished for the year.READ MORE:Former GAA president has his say on prospect of Euro 2028 coming to Cork
He said: “As somebody that was involved in it over the years, I was sorry to see it go. It was one of those competitions that was easy to run and it didn’t take too long out of the GAA calendar whereas now we see we’re going to have a long break until January. A lot of the clubs will be sort of finished now come the next few weeks. We’re at the semi-finals here in Armagh, I don’t know what the rest of the country is like so there’s going to be a lot of space to play football in.
Kernan holds the unique distinction of managing his club, county, province and country to ultimate honours and remains the last man to take charge of an Ireland team in the International Rules series back in 2017. The series was due to be played in 2020 but was pulled due to the Covid-19 pandemic and there has been little indication of it being restored since.
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