Dessie Hutchinson would like to see the Munster senior hurling championship return to a knock-out format. The Ballygunner man doesn’t need to be told how The Déise have failed to get out of the Munster senior hurling championship in the six seasons it has been played on a round-robin format since 2018. “I love that buzz of going and playing a knock-out game,” said Hutchinson, who was recently announced the AIB senior club hurler of the year for the second time after his 2022 success. Last year, we won the first round against Clare in the Munster championship and three (sic, four) weeks later we were gone. In previous years, maybe we didn’t do that.”As Stephen O’Keeffe picked up a record fifth AIB club hurling team of the year selection, Hutchinson hailed his club-mate.

Source: Irish Examiner March 18, 2026 13:51 UTC