Inside Track with John McIntyre

YOU’D nearly struggle to recollect the winners of last year’s National Leagues – Derry in football and Clare in hurling – but that won’t stop the crowds from descending on venues all-round the country for the start of the 2024 competitions this weekend.

With the pre-season tournaments kicked to touch for 2025 – my hunch is that they will be restored next year given all the challenge matches which went ahead in their place – it should result in big attendances for the opening round of the league given most counties have been in competitive hibernation since early last summer.

Certainly, Galway........

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