Donegal captain Michael Murphy says he’s a fan of the “cleaner” split season system.

Murphy helped his native Glenswilly to a 2-14 to 2-9 victory over Glenfin in the Donegal senior football championship yesterday.

Speaking to RTÉ Radio One's Sunday Sport, the 2012 All-Ireland winner said that the new inaugural system allows players to “throw it all in” with the clubs once the inter-county season finishes.

"As somebody who's playing inter-county, it's definitely cleaner," said Murphy. "We had league, you knew as a county player that you weren't going to play any of the league with your club. Before, you would have played maybe three or four games sporadically throughout the inter-county GAA season.

"It definitely gives you a clear focus, a clear cut. When your county season is over, you're straight in with your club. There's none of this trying to please both, and do a bit with your club, and bit with your county.

"It means that you're probably away from your club for four or five months of the year, but it means then that when you go back to your club, you're able to throw it all in 100 per cent. That's the part I certainly like about it."

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