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The ulster hurling championship should return in some guise. Maybe entry to the competition should be staggered to avoid mismatches like so Preliminary Round Armagh v Cavan Fermanagh v Monaghan Quarter-finals Tyrone v Donegal Derry v PR1 Down v PR2 Semi-finals Antrim v QF2 QF3 v QF4 Finals SF1 v SF2 GaA247 (Cork) - Posts: 58 - 27/03/2023 11:17:25 2466994 Link
Replying To GaA247: "The ulster hurling championship should return in some guise. Maybe entry to the competition should be staggered to avoid mismatches like so Preliminary Round Armagh v Cavan Fermanagh v Monaghan Quarter-finals Tyrone v Donegal Derry v PR1 Down v PR2 Semi-finals Antrim v QF2 QF3 v QF4 Finals SF1 v SF2" Would be great for promoting the game up there for sure! Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 11683 - 27/03/2023 12:29:57 2467037 Link
Replying To GaA247: "The ulster hurling championship should return in some guise. Maybe entry to the competition should be staggered to avoid mismatches like so Preliminary Round Armagh v Cavan Fermanagh v Monaghan Quarter-finals Tyrone v Donegal Derry v PR1 Down v PR2 Semi-finals Antrim v QF2 QF3 v QF4 Finals SF1 v SF2" Finding the time to play it would be the problem. There is in effect an Ulster Championship in pre-season, it's called the McGuirk Cup MrPBoylan (Monaghan) - Posts: 108 - 27/03/2023 15:22:19 2467111 Link
By the time the Christy Ring etc finish up it's early June. It could be run off over the rest of June or depending on how many Ulster teams get to the latter stages even sooner. It was the last provincial championship to have all the teams playing in it. oneoff (UK) - Posts: 1378 - 30/03/2023 09:08:08 2467708 Link
I think in general, the provincial hurling championships should go back to straight knockout before an All-Ireland group stage (similar to football) This would allow Kerry to compete in Munster Offaly, Laois, Meath and Kildare to compete in Leinster And all the ulster counties to compete in ulster GaA247 (Cork) - Posts: 58 - 11/01/2024 14:05:35 2519619 Link