Kilkenny star Richie Hogan says he hates the hurling championship structure.

You know there's something wrong with the game when the reigning Hurler of the Year declares such an open dislike for the format as that espoused by Hogan on Newstalk Radio yesterday:

"I don't like the system at all. I hate it. I'd rather have a match every two weeks. This year we have played three games and we are in an All-Ireland final. Last year after three games we were in a Leinster final. It's a stark contrast.

"If I had a choice I'd love to play six or seven games at least in championship but you don't have a choice. If you look at all the top sports across the world, they are all more or less league-based whereas ours is championship-based.

"It has advantages in that you only have to play four games to win it but disadvantages in that you are going five weeks without a game. The distance between our last league game and our first championship game was twelve weeks.

"Our club matches are off this week because the minors drew and the club players will go maybe ten weeks without a game which is ridiculous. They talk about grassroots and that is the grassroots and they are kind of abused a little bit."

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