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Replying To Seanfan:  "Which would mean they'd got 3 Championship games.
Every team in Ros is guaranteed 4 games."
In Mayo you play 4 championship games (3 group and relegation semi final ) before you are in last chance saloon of a final relegation game. In Roscommon you can be in final relegation play off after 2 of your 3 group games. Hopefully that makes it clear.

tommyc (Roscommon) - Posts: 57 - 31/08/2026 12:39:55    2692115

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Replying To tommyc:  "In Mayo you play 4 championship games (3 group and relegation semi final ) before you are in last chance saloon of a final relegation game. In Roscommon you can be in final relegation play off after 2 of your 3 group games. Hopefully that makes it clear."
That's incorrect in regards to Ballina. Should they avoid defeat this weekend they end up avoiding the relegation play-off's and have a championship with as Seanfan said just 3 games.

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 969 - 31/08/2026 13:57:22    2692131

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Replying To tommyc:  "In Mayo you play 4 championship games (3 group and relegation semi final ) before you are in last chance saloon of a final relegation game. In Roscommon you can be in final relegation play off after 2 of your 3 group games. Hopefully that makes it clear."
Still play 4 games.

Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 906 - 31/08/2026 14:01:24    2692135

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@MayoDan tommyc and yew_tree

All that mattered to Ballina was defending their county title they won the last three years. Those hopes was up in smoke after 2 group championship games in the middle of August. A "farcical" situation as Tommyc would call it or simply the way it is and you get on with it as the alternative is more group games and more dead rubbers and meaningless games.

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 969 - 31/08/2026 16:01:47    2692161

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Replying To Seanfan:  "Still play 4 games."
Good man

tommyc (Roscommon) - Posts: 57 - 31/08/2026 18:15:07    2692199

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Replying To tommyc:  "In Mayo you play 4 championship games (3 group and relegation semi final ) before you are in last chance saloon of a final relegation game. In Roscommon you can be in final relegation play off after 2 of your 3 group games. Hopefully that makes it clear."
It still doesn't mean more games equals more competitive in terms of winners. Galway have two to three realistic winners the past few years. Ballina won three Mayo titles in a row.

FullOfPorter (Roscommon) - Posts: 586 - 31/08/2026 21:35:06    2692224

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Elphin v Glaveys and Gaels v Ros North in the Prelims. Elphin and Glaveys could be a very interesting game. Can't see the Gaels having any bother against NR if they keep their momentum going.

Clann got the short straw and will have to be very focussed on whoever they get. You would think Faithleachs should have too much for Western Gaels but then again I'd have thought the same when they played Elphin. Still very surprised how they ended up in the relegation playoff mix. At least with Clann it was a very tough group and one big team was always going to end up in that scenario.

Are repeat group clashes avoided in the QFs? If so Pearses could only draw Glaveys/Elphin or Castlerea, so you'd highly fancy them getting into a semi.

FullOfPorter (Roscommon) - Posts: 586 - 01/09/2026 11:03:50    2692268

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