Kerry club game causing inter-county issueKerry struggled with injuries to key contributors for much of 2026, with some of those players only coming back into the side towards the tail-end of the championship. There is no doubt that the various Kerry club championships are putting unsustainable loads on the players. Kerry players are being flogged from winter to summer and back again. Kerry club schedule asks a lot of county starsKerry certainly ask more of their club players than most other counties, with a huge number of competitions taking place across a lengthy annual calendar. Some are now questioning if this arrangement is suited to the demands of the modern inter-county game.