By Cian O'Connell

Kerry will compete in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship should they win the Joe McDonagh Cup.

Motion 19 was carried at the GAA's Annual Congress with 98.2% of delegates voting in favour of the proposal.

This motion allows Kerry automatic to the Munster Senior Hurling Championship should they win the Joe McDonagh Cup. The play-off that currently exists in rule would go.

The current arrangement has six counties in Leinster, five in Munster.

There will be 11 teams between the two provincial championships, six in one and five in the other. Which province has six or five will be determined by the participating counties. Munster counties will hurl in Munster, the rest in Leinster.

The team finishing bottom in the six team round robin will be relegated to the Joe McDonagh Cup. The team that wins Tier Two will play in its home province if Munster, if not they play in Leinster.