Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

Yes. The IRFU and the Connacht branch should be complimented for that. The proposal is a deterrent and certainly not an encouragement for those schools in the Connacht region. Anybody who is any good at schools level aspires to represent their province at inter-provincial level. I cannot understand why the IRFU would adopt this policy because of cost cutting. It would be similar to the GAA saying that because there is only one excellent hurling team, Galway, in Connacht, that the province will be amalgamated with another province for the Railway Cup or even debarred from competing for the cup.