The Championship: Football structures & hurling growth

This week former Tipperary star Ken Hogan, Paul Rouse - historian, columnist and former Offaly football manager - and Carlow hurling goalkeeper Brian Trace look ahead to the action in both codes.

Hogan gives his views on the two All-Ireland SHC preliminary quarter-final - Offaly v Tipp and Carlow v Dublin.

Tracey talks Joe McDonagh ambitions and looks ahead to meeting the Dubs.

Amd there's chat about the structure of the football championship, the overall calendar and how best to grow the game of hurling.

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