Have it that everyone one way or another has to play two of the provincial finalists, two of the provincial semi-finalists, and then two of the provincial quarter-finalists
So say like this year, Limerick beat Cork in the Munster Final; that would count as playing a Provincial finalist for both and would count as 2 points for Limerick in the overall table and 0 for Cork (If a game went to ET in the Provincials, it would count as a draw in the overall table)
Out of the overall table of 12, bottom two teams play off in a relegation final
Could work the knockout format a few ways
Could have 3v6 and 4v5 in the QFs; winners play 1&2 in the AISFs
Could have 1v4 and 2v3 and then 5v8 and 6v7 like in Aussie Rules and NRL Down Under; Losers of the first set of games play the winners of the second set of games in the QFs
Go back to 2021 to use this as an example
Kilkenny beat Dublin in the LF and Limerick beat Tipp in the Munster Final
Wexford, Galway, Cork, and Clare were the SFs
Waterford, Laois, and Antrim were the QFs, let's add in Westmeath as the 12th team as they won Joe McDonagh that year
After the provincials were finished, the overall table would have been as follows
Limerick - 4 having played 2 games Dublin - 4 having played 3 games KK - 3 having played 2 games (Drew with Wexford after 70 in the LSF) Wexford - 3 having played 2 games Clare - 2 having played 2 games Tipp - 2 having played 2 games Galway - 2 having played 2 games (Giving them 2 here even though they didn't win a LQF but just assuming for simplicity that they wouldn't have beaten Westmeath) Cork - 0 having played 1 game Waterford - 0 having played 1 game Westmeath - 0 having played 1 game Antrim - 0 having played 1 game Laois - 0 having played 1 game
Don't know if all teams would be able to play 3 games versus Leinster opposition and 3 games versus opposition given the 7v5 split (Unless they put Galway in Munster), could make it that you have to play two games against opposition from the other province
Have it that everyone one way or another has to play two of the provincial finalists, two of the provincial semi-finalists, and then two of the provincial quarter-finalists
So say like this year, Limerick beat Cork in the Munster Final; that would count as playing a Provincial finalist for both and would count as 2 points for Limerick in the overall table and 0 for Cork (If a game went to ET in the Provincials, it would count as a draw in the overall table)
Out of the overall table of 12, bottom two teams play off in a relegation final
Could work the knockout format a few ways
Could have 3v6 and 4v5 in the QFs; winners play 1&2 in the AISFs
Could have 1v4 and 2v3 and then 5v8 and 6v7 like in Aussie Rules and NRL Down Under; Losers of the first set of games play the winners of the second set of games in the QFs
Go back to 2021 to use this as an example
Kilkenny beat Dublin in the LF and Limerick beat Tipp in the Munster Final
Wexford, Galway, Cork, and Clare were the SFs
Waterford, Laois, and Antrim were the QFs, let's add in Westmeath as the 12th team as they won Joe McDonagh that year
After the provincials were finished, the overall table would have been as follows
Limerick - 4 having played 2 games Dublin - 4 having played 3 games KK - 3 having played 2 games (Drew with Wexford after 70 in the LSF) Wexford - 3 having played 2 games Clare - 2 having played 2 games Tipp - 2 having played 2 games Galway - 2 having played 2 games (Giving them 2 here even though they didn't win a LQF but just assuming for simplicity that they wouldn't have beaten Westmeath) Cork - 0 having played 1 game Waterford - 0 having played 1 game Westmeath - 0 having played 1 game Antrim - 0 having played 1 game Laois - 0 having played 1 game
Don't know if all teams would be able to play 3 games versus Leinster opposition and 3 games versus opposition given the 7v5 split (Unless they put Galway in Munster), could make it that you have to play two games against opposition from the other province"
The Munster Council wont entertain a knockout Munster Championship. Even though many at grassroots level might not mind, especially in Tipp and Waterford, but also Clare.