This weekend the hurling championship begins – not the high-profile, senior matches that will attract significant crowds from the Easter weekend onwards but the now established graded competitions that throw in this Saturday and Sunday.
The brainchild of former president Seán Kelly’s Hurling Development Committee, the Ring and Rackard Cups were introduced for the 22 counties not involved in the MacCarthy Cup.
Over the passage of time, further levels have been added at either end. The Rackard was superseded as the entry grade by the introduction in 2008 of the Lory Meagher.
“There was too much of a gap between the best and worst teams in the Ring and Rackard,” according to Nickey Brennan, …
- April 8, 2022
