No relegation from junior, although there may be for senior/intermediate clubs fielding a 2nd team, they have their own section and don’t emerge from it until semi final stage.
Its structured differently this year, the bottom 3 in each group play each other in a first round with the winners playing the second and third placed teams in the 2nd round. Piltown and Tullogher topped the 2 groups and are straight in to a QF which is a 3rd round and will be joined by the winners of round 2. All a bit complicated; the old system worked fine to my mind, 2 groups of 6 with 1st playing 6th in the opposite group and 2nd playing 5th etc in a first round then open draw after that.
Thanks, yes mirroring the Senior/inter format was just fine.
All the games need an outcome on the day to get to quarter final stage for the first weekend in October.
Paddy Deegan caused wreck up front for them last year. Conor Kelly, Eoin O Shea and Owen Wall are all nice forwards if lacking a bit of size. A Butler lad there last year complimented them.