However, the change also means there is no relegation from what has been a dog-eat-dog Division 1A although a relegation play-off remains in the calendar. Double-gauge shotgunWe mentioned above just how the football league has been a portent of things to come but its hurling equivalent has not been as reliable. Of their 2018 final team, Dublin have just Con O’Callaghan involved in the Sigerson Cup. Whereas the Sigerson Cup semi-finals occur on a break weekend for the football league and final is a midweek event, the Fitzgibbon Cup final takes place the same weekend as the fourth round of the hurling league. Across Division 1A and 1B, there will be five Saturday evening matches starting with Clare’s visit to Thurles tomorrow evening.

Source: Irish Examiner January 25, 2019 00:00 UTC