2010 Football and Hurling Championship Draws

Cats get ready for semis as championship draws go live on television

Thursday October 22 2009

COUNTIES won’t be allowed to start formal training for the new season until January, but they can start looking ahead to the summer from tonight following the televised draws for the 2010 senior provincial championships.

They will take place live on RTE 2 (8.25).

The various provinces all apply their own particular systems with some operating seeding and others an open draw.

Connacht (football only):

London will play Roscommon, while Galway take on New York as part of the sequence which takes the five home-based counties on overseas duty. After that, an open draw will apply.

Leinster:

This year’s football semi-finalists (Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Westmeath) will be seeded through to the quarter-finals, leaving Meath, Carlow, Wicklow, Wexford, Longford, Louth, Offaly in the first-round draw.

One of those will get a bye to the last eight, with the other six playing off to provide three other quarter-finalists to join the seeded four.

Dublin, who are unbeaten in Leinster since losing to Westmeath in 2004, will be attempting to win a sixth successive title next year.

In hurling, eight teams will compete in Leinster. This follows Carlow’s promotion as Christy Ring Cup winners.

Kilkenny will be seeded through to the semi-finals, leaving seven (Carlow, Laois, Dublin, Offaly, Wexford, Galway and Antrim) in the first-round draw.

Two teams will play off to leave six who will face each other (open draw) to provide three semi-finalists alongside Kilkenny.

The draw for the semi-finals will be made tonight, unlike last year when it was delayed until after the first round was played.

Kilkenny manager, Brian Cody, was deeply unhappy with that arrangement as it left his side in limbo until 13 days before they were due to play the semi-final.

It was thought that with eight teams competing in 2010, the draw would feature four quarter-finals, but the Leinster Council decided to seed Kilkenny through to the semi-finals.

They believe that reduces the chance of a lop-sided draw between weak and strong, but it remains to be seen if that proves to be the case.

Munster:

An open draw will apply in both hurling and football.

Ulster:

An open draw will apply in football.

Why are they having a draw? the outcome is already known, Limerick are going to the double this year, mens senior football and hurling champions.

Its just so the smaller county’s like Cork and Leitrim can get excited in the meantime Runty. Let them have their fun.

Kevin McStay, what a cunt…

Them canisters are dodgy.

Carlow, bring em on, traffic light cunts…:guns::guns::guns:

How convenient of that :rolleyes:

Michael Delaney is an honourable man.

Dublin, sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

Pat Fitz could be on :eek:

Fuck…there goes the Leinster final appearance. Ah well.

There was no way they would let Kilkenny and Galway meet before the final.

They did this year, but shur its not a bad aul draw.

“gives everyone a chance of meeting Kilkenny in a Leinster final” eh no it doesnt Michael…

[quote=“myboyblue”]They did this year, but shur its not a bad aul draw.

“gives everyone a chance of meeting Kilkenny in a Leinster final” eh no it doesnt Michael…[/quote]

They learned from there mistake.

FFS, no Pat.

:mad:

BRING EM ON
cunts cunts cunts

[quote=“The Runt”]BRING EM ON
cunts cunts cunts[/quote]

Which one?!! :smiley:

Handy draw there for Waterford

That was the beauty of my statement. It doesn’t matter which.

They are doing it in reverse this year, they are playing the final first, then working backwards.