Eleven-time All-Ireland Hurling Championship-winning manager Brian Cody is one of the marquee names on GAA president Jarlath Burns' new Hurling Development Committee.
Cody led the Cats to unprecedented success in his time in charge, which resulted in a 24-year reign.
The 11 All-Ireland titles included a four-in-a-row between 2006 and 2009, 18 Leinster Championships, 10 National Hurling League titles, seven Walsh Cup titles and an Oireachtas tournament title.
Cody joins a list of familiar names on the new committee, named 'Tiomáint' by the new president.
Aside from some well-known managers, it includes input from those with a good knowledge of coaching and games departments, and other proven administrators and figures.
Also comprising the committee are Terry Reilly from Antrim, former Tipp goalkeeper and current Under-20 manager Brendan Cummins and Neil McManus from Antrim. Colm Nolan from Kildare was appointed to work on a similar committee formed by Larry MacCarthy late in his reign and he features on the new committee. Tipp native and former Wexford manager Darragh Egan, Carlow's Ciaran Bolger, Cork's Sean O’Gorman, Clare's James McInerney and current Laois manager and Tipp man Willie Maher are also on board, with a number of those selected for the development work they oversaw in their own clubs.
One of the remits of the committee is to set up new clubs and provide a toolkit for that process.
In a recent interview with the GAA's official website, the new president alluded to the fact that more people are playing hurling than ever before.
"There are more games and competitions and more winners of the Liam MacCarthy Cup in the last 10 years than of the Sam Maguire Cup," Burns said.
"There are also more opportunities for counties to compete at a level that's commensurate with their abilities.
"But it's also a fact that the 'Prairie fire' that Michael Cusack talked about hasn't spread properly to the north of the country and I would like to be a catalyst whereby we would see an explosion of new clubs.
"Without new clubs, we can't have hurling and the likes of a county like Armagh can't have the ambition to win at a higher level than they are.
"So that's going to be my main priority in hurling. Until we have more clubs competing at a higher level, hurling is never going to reach its full potential. That is something I want to put a major focus on."
The committee is expected to have a medium- to long-term focus as part of its remit and it aims to help create a new culture where football clubs can also play hurling without threatening football.
