GAA president Larry McCarthy says that the GAA will consider holding the Leinster and Munster hurling finals on separate days in future years.
On Sunday, Limerick defeated Clare in the Munster final, a game which threw in at 1:45pm at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick. Following a 4pm start at Croke Park, Kilkenny beat Galway thanks to a last second goal by Cillian Buckley.
Traditionally, many hurling fans would have attended both games.
11 June 2023; Former Kilkenny hurling manager Brian Cody in attendance at the Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Final match between Kilkenny and Galway at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
"It's something we will look at," McCarthy told RTE Radio One's Morning Ireland after he had made the draw for the quarter-finals of the Tailteann CUp.
"Belters of games, in terms of what happened yesterday.
"I think we will look at it. Having the two of them on the one day is not optimal for us. It could be changed for next season. We will get the CCCC to look at it, I think."
McCarthy also rejected a suggestion that there are now too many games in the football and hurling championships.
4 June 2023; Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Larry McCarthy during the O’Neills.com GAA Hurling All-Ireland U20 Championship Final match between Cork and Offaly at FBD Semple Stadium in Thurles, Tipperary. Photo by Michael P Ryan/Sportsfile
"The training to matches ratio was too poor initially," he said.
"We had to give players more games and that's what we've done. The consequences of that is there are an awful lot more matches.
"Players are enjoying it and they are getting a great kick out of it. It's a challenge for managers because they have to have more players ready to play every weekend as a consequence of the games coming thick and fast. We don't have too many games.
"If you have more games, you are probably going to have less crowds at each of the games individually. Perhaps that has happened alright. The very fact that there's more games, there's more opportunity for people to go to games and more opportunities for players to play."
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