There's a county championship that has 8 teams in a group. After 2 home games and 2 away games - the top 2 go direct to semi finals, 3rd to 6th in quarter finals and 7th-8th in relegation final. This would suit if the lower tiers were restructured as 3 tiers of 8.

3rd v 4th in All Ireland preliminary quarter finals seems the smoothest option at the top level. Hurling needs that bit more exposure. The important thing really is that the runners up has home game in the quarter finals. It has to be more attractive to make the provincial finals.

(There's an argument in football that 2A losers should have home advantage in Round 3. It was nearly more favourable this year to lose in R1 and enter R3 off the back of a win in 2B.)

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9894 - 27/06/2026 09:14:06    2682171

Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 681 - 27/06/2026 09:33:02    2682174