Premier Class - GAA 2017

[Diable Rouge]

That rarest of beasts, a GAA Special Congress, today approved radical changes to the All-Ireland hurling championship - the Munster championship will now be a five-team round-robin system, as will the Leinster championship (Galway, Kilkenny, Dublin, Wexford and Offaly). The provincial winners will get to the semi-finals, with second and third in the quarter-finals (unless the latter are beaten by a Tier 2 county). Fourth have no further games, while fifth face a play-off against Tier 2 teams. That Tier 2 (Antrim, Carlow, Kerry, Laois, Meath and Westmeath) will contest promotion to the main competition, while finalists enter preliminary QFs:

http://www.the42.ie/gaa-special-cong...23548-Sep2017/

[elguapo4]

My brains hurting just thinking of that, pointless fannying around with something that isn't broken

[elguapo4]

In probably the biggest shock in a hell of a long time in the club championship, Dublin mega club st Vincents were beaten today by Rathnew of Wicklow, Vincents were 1/10 on hot favourites. The rest of the GAA community will have a good laugh at that one