It's great to have the club championships back. Hoganstand are giving good coverage. The Irish Independent to be fair had 5 storylines to watch over the weekend. The "New Format 2026 All Ireland" applied based on some 2025 results and some extreme examples would have something as follows: ROUND 1 Kerry v Roscommon Donegal v Tyrone Galway v Dublin Louth v Monaghan Armagh v Derry Mayo v Cavan Meath v Cork Clare v Down
ROUND 2A Meath v Kerry Dublin v Armagh Tyrone v Cavan Monaghan v Down
ROUND 2B Galway v Donegal Roscommon v Louth Derry v Mayo Cork v Clare
ROUND 3 Kerry v Mayo Dublin v Donegal Cavan v Cork Down v Louth
QUARTER FINALS Meath v Cavan Armagh v Kerry Tyrone v Down Monaghan v Donegal
Galway or Donegal and Derry or Mayo would be knocked out after Round 2B. Kerry or Mayo/Derry and Dublin or Donegal/Galway would be knocked out after Round 3. 2 to 4 of the strong All Ireland contenders, depending on the draws, will be looking at elimination before the quarter finals. The "blunt instrument" that Burns & Co are looking for.