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Replying To legendzxix:  "Provincial Round 1: Munster and Connacht quarter finals. Ulster and Leinster preliminary round.
Round 2: Munster and Connacht semi finals. Ulster and Leinster quarter finals.
Round 3: Ulster and Leinster semi finals.
Provincial finals.

The part where Ulster and Leinster have an extra round to make the finals is where there should be some advantage accrued by making their semi finals. Up to Ulster and Leinster to bring a proposal to Congress."
To neutralise that extra Prov round, one of my structure ideas (based on old Qualifiers):

1) Prov Prelim & QF Rds (no change)
2) Prov SF 16 & Rd 1 Qual 16 (latter 3 chances, former 2)
3) Prov Finals 8 & Rd 2 Qual 16 (Rd 1 Qual & Prov SF losers)
4) Prov Champs 4 Playoffs & Rd 3 Qual 20 (Rd 1 & 2 winners & Prov Final losers)
5) Rd 4 Qual 12 (Rd 3 winners & Prov Champs losers)
6) AI QFs (Prov Champs unbeaten 2 & Rd 4 winners)
7) AI SFs
8) AI Final

I think this addresses the Prov imbalance too.

omahant (USA) - Posts: 3435 - 01/06/2026 23:10:13    2677151

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