Waterford manager Queally makes call for format change after early exit
Waterford manager Peter Queally was frustrated by some refereeing decisions he felt didn't go his team's way and by the county's lack of luck in the Munster round-robin – they have failed to qualify in the top three since it came in in 2018.
'I'm disappointed. We had our hearts set on coming out of Munster this year and hurling for the summer.
'Unfortunately, we've just come up short again so we're very much licking our wounds and disappointed… we know how unforgiving the Munster championship is. That's the beauty of it.' Waterford manager Peter Queally. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
The structure of the hurling championship means that there are eight teams left – the top three in Munster and Leinster and the Joe McDonagh Cup finalists (Laois and Kildare), who enter at the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final stage.
Queally feels the format needs to be examined after Waterford are finished hurling again before the end of May.
'100 per cent. Clare are the All-Ireland champions and they were out of this championship because of the results last week.
'Every football team in Ireland is still in the championship… I would like to see a change in structure where we're afforded a little bit of a chance to hurl during the summer when everyone wants to hurl and everyone wants to watch hurling, not in December, January and February.'
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