Former All Ireland winning Clare captain Anthony Daly feels the new structures for the hurling championship will help improve planning for club fixtures.
The new format of round robin series in the Munster and Leinster championships will run on a trial basis from 2018 to 2020 with a decision to be taken then on it’s future.
It outlines that April will be kept free of intercounty action to allow for club fixtures, while the All Ireland Final will be played in mid August.
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Daly thinks this will lead to more certainty for the club player.