Munster Council chairman Tim Murphy is hopeful the minor grade will be restored to U18 at inter-county level.

A motion from the province to revert from U17 to U18 will appear on the Clár at next February's annual GAA Congress.

“This all came about from an academy review that we commissioned last year and it was a review of all the academies in the province, and out of that review came a recommendation for minor to go to U18 at inter-county level," the former Kerry chair said at the launch of the 2026 Co-op SuperStores Munster Hurling League.

“We discussed it in a number of meetings and at our meeting in November, we had unanimous support from the six counties who asked us on behalf of the six Munster counties to bring it forward to Congress 2026.

“The essence of the motion is inter-county minor will go to U18 but decoupling will also be part of that, so that for example an U18 player who is playing inter-county hurling or football can’t play with their club, their adult team, for the duration of the county's involvement, but after that then they can.”

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