Harte urges Croker quarters

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has urged the GAA to stage all four All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals at Croke Park.

As speculation mounts that at least one of the last four meetings could be moved to other venues to accommodate a double-header involving the Cork footballers and hurlers, as well as a stand-alone fixture featuring Dublin, Harte has called on Croke Park chiefs to treat all eight counties equally.

'My view would be that every game that can be played in Croke Park should be played in Croke Park.

'And I think the All-Ireland quarter-finals certainly deserve that. I know there's a difficulty in fitting everything in, but I think we ought to do whatever is humanly possible to ensure that every team that has a chance of playing in Croke Park should do,' said the Red Hand boss, who guided his side to the quarter-finals with a narrow win over Mayo on Saturday.

'The provincial champions obviously want to play there, people who come through the qualifiers, this is the place to play, this is a different atmosphere, this is special.

'And you like to be in special places as often as possible.'