Kerry's Young Footballer of the Year Killian Young has described the Cadbury's under 21 championship as a 'brilliant' competition. There have been calls for the grade to be scrapped in recent years as it is believed to be contributing to player burnout, but the senior All-Ireland winner reckons it would be a big mistake to abolish it and says it will be a honour to captain the Kingdom in Saturday's All-Ireland final against Kildare at Thurles. "It's a very fast campaign, it is brilliant," he said. "You play one game and once you win, it's another game in two weeks. You can go away and enjoy training. "It's not dragged out for half the year. All you want to do is play games and you'll get plenty of opportunity for that." The Renard clubman points out that the grade gives young players the opportunity to catch the eye of senior managers. "It gives Pat O'Shea time to see what's coming through. You don't see much in challenge games and training - it's in the championship that you get the best out of players." Tweet

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