Former All-Ireland-winning Kerry manager Éamonn Fitzmaurice has claimed it’s “time to change” and to end the tradition of the county champions picking the Kingdom captain. Kerry and Kilkenny are the last two counties that still allow their senior club champions to nominate the county captain. “It is time to change it, there’s no doubt about it,” said Fitzmaurice. “For East Kerry this year it was obviously a huge thing because they haven’t had a Kerry captain for 20 years. I’d be hopeful it would be changed.”Clifford’s nomination as Kerry captain for 2020 prompted concerns that it may be too much responsibility too early.

Source: Irish Examiner January 31, 2020 06:00 UTC