All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2024 (Munster And Leinster Championships,Liam McCarthy Cup)

Not sure that should be the case at all, as you're essentially giving Munster preferential treatment, which should never be the case in any competition.

As long as the provincials stay in place, it'll always be lob-sided. It may be unfair, but that's the price for keeping them. An open draw would be fairest, but then we'd be robbing the championship of it's biggest selling point, the Munster Championship. It's a catch-22.

Of course, what we should be doing is putting in place the structures in Dublin, Offaly, Wexford and Antrim (all of who have the numbers and the clubs playing) is following the example that has been Clare at underage in terms of development, which hasn't affected their football either, and try and turn Leinster into a bear pit like Munster.

Changing the Championship to balance out the lob-sided nature of it is one thing, but what hurling really needs is a few more counties getting better.

And any combination of a Offaly/Antrim/Wexford/Dublin Leinster final would see Croke Park have at least 50K plus at it and likely a lot more, a Dublin/Wexford final would likely be a sell-out. That simply wouldn't happen if there wasn't an interest and love of hurling there in those counties. The interest and love of the game is there, so have the Leinster council get their house in order and get the structures in place to make it happen rather than perpetually looking on in awe at Munster.

Don't tear down Munster, build up Leinster instead, and we'll be fine.

I thought Limerick were very poor in the first half especially, Tipp were just so historically bad that they were unable to take advantage of it. There was a constant breakdown of the Limerick short game.

I don't think they were that good in the second half either, but they didn't have to be. Tipp produced the one of the most rotten performances in their history. They would have gotten more of a game from somebody in the Joe Mc. Not saying that if Tipp played to their highest level they would have won, because Limerick's highest level is obviously better than Tipps.

But anybody acting like Limerick this year in Munster is a different beast to last year, I don't agree.

@MfMan I decided to tag you because for some reason you can't quote posts on mobile phone!

In Munster we don't have the likes of Antrim and Carlow in our group. Apologies if i sound disrespectful to those counties but there is bit of an imbalance there wouldn't you say?

Waterford did get to an all Ireland final in 2020 and knocked Galway out of the championship in 2021, so i wouldn't consider them to be an inferior team to Wexford and Dublin at all imo.

@MfMan Valid points i agree i still think it's easier to rebuild a team in the Leinster championship than in Munster though.

Antrim and Westmeath have claimed Wexford's scalp yet i still couldn't see either of them or Carlow beating anyone in Munster.

I just think while suprise results can happen the Leinster championship is overall a bit less intense than it's Munster equivalent.

Galway are in a battle to come 3rd in Leinster.

Dublin always have their number

They have no chance of getting out Leinster watching them playing with an extra man here

Extra man made no difference, games was gone by then. Galway will deserve every criticism going, but not least the management for continually picking players not up to it.

Galway are getting worse every year under Shefflin

Must be the end of the road for him at this stage

wtf was he doing running across the keepers eye line? Owens really having a poor couple of weeks

He's a class act. He has the skills and physicality. Watch his goal against Antrim for example.

Tipp will need goals to win this. Owens decisions definitely benefitting Waterford so far.