Munster GAA chiefs want to remove the possibility of a penalty shoot-out at the end of next year’s Munster minor finals, with one Cork official proposing a “more humane” approach to deciding games — which involve teenagers — on the day. At the moment, if either the Munster minor hurling or football final ends level, two 10-minute periods of extra time are played. He said:For a Munster senior final, you might have 30,000 in. If a young lad of 16 is taking a penalty, and misses it or whatever, it can have serious consequences for themCork’s Rebel Óg administration secretary Jim Healy recommended a first-score-wins approach instead of a penalty shoot-out. Quirke reveals Laois backroom teamNew Laois football manager Mike Quirke has brought in former Limerick boss Maurice Horan to coach the midlanders in 2020.

Source: Irish Examiner October 15, 2019 04:07 UTC