Same old story every year :
The losers of next year's Leinster and Ulster SFC finals will have just six days to recover before they are thrust back into action again in round four of the All-Ireland qualifiers.
It will be the fourth successive year that the beaten Ulster finalists will face a six-day turnaround, despite 60 per cent of delegates voting for a minimum 13-day break at last April's Congress in Mullingar. However, the motion was still defeated because it required a two-thirds majority.
The Leinster and Ulster finals have been pencilled in for July 22, six days before the round four qualifiers which feature beaten provincial finalists against round 3 winners. Dublin are the only county to have won a round 4 qualifier the weekend after losing a provincial final back in 2001, while 12 others have lost, including Derry who were defeated by Kildare this year.
Beaten Connacht finalists Roscommon were also due to play in six days, but got an extra week because the drawn Armagh-Wicklow game delayed a section of the qualifiers.
The Connacht final will be played on July 15 next year, ensuring a 13-day break for their runners-up, while the Munster final is on July 8.
The losers of next year's Leinster and Ulster SFC finals will have just six days to recover before they are thrust back into action again in round four of the All-Ireland qualifiers.
It will be the fourth successive year that the beaten Ulster finalists will face a six-day turnaround, despite 60 per cent of delegates voting for a minimum 13-day break at last April's Congress in Mullingar. However, the motion was still defeated because it required a two-thirds majority.
The Leinster and Ulster finals have been pencilled in for July 22, six days before the round four qualifiers which feature beaten provincial finalists against round 3 winners. Dublin are the only county to have won a round 4 qualifier the weekend after losing a provincial final back in 2001, while 12 others have lost, including Derry who were defeated by Kildare this year.
Beaten Connacht finalists Roscommon were also due to play in six days, but got an extra week because the drawn Armagh-Wicklow game delayed a section of the qualifiers.
The Connacht final will be played on July 15 next year, ensuring a 13-day break for their runners-up, while the Munster final is on July 8.