Colin Fennelly has hit back at critics of the Wild Geese Trophy match which took place in Australia earlier this month.

The game between Kilkenny and Galway in Sydney came in for criticism from some who believed the money spent on the trip should have been spent on promoting hurling in weaker counties instead.

"I don't know the ins and outs, but I'm certain the money is just a small portion of what the GAA get every single year, a small portion that us as players, say Galway as All-Ireland champions last year and we've won All-Irelands, get," the Ballyhale and Kilkenny forward said in the Irish Independent.

"We don't get that much out of it and for people to complain and want to take that from us... you know, you don't even bother with them in your lives - people who complain and give out.

"It was my first time, probably all of our first times on the Kilkenny team, in Australia. I've cousins and family over there that I barely ever see so it was absolutely fabulous that the GAA gave us that opportunity."

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