With much publicity about the Munster 5 and Leinster 5 round robin groups in the AI SHC, I would have preferred to see mixed province groups - say 3 Munster teams in Group A and the other 2 in B. These groups could be 'formed', not drawn, as 8 Prov Championship KO matches are incorporated. Say, put Lein QF winner in A, their SF/QF opponents in B; Put Muns QF winner in B, their SF/QF opponents in A; and Finally, put two other SF winners in the group opposite their Final/SF opponents. The group phase could continue so thd 5 in A play the 5 in B (5x5, 25 group matches). To avoid repeat pairings in ghe AI KO phase - SF1 has 1st in A v QF winner from 2nd v 3rd in A. As most of the 25 match victories could be in one group, I would have the best 6 of 10 advancing with intra -group KO pairings as much as possible. Would this be better ?