2011 Championship Draws, Live on RTE Thursday Night!

[Joxer]

From Hoganstand:

2011 championship draw on Thursday night
05 October 2010


The draw for the 2011 championship takes place in Croke Park on Thursday night.

The draw for all four provinces in football and hurling gets underway at 8pm and will be broadcast live on RTÉ2.



There is only one slight change to the existing schedule which sees the Leinster hurling championship expanded by one county to include Westmeath, who have been guaranteed three years in the Liam McCarthy Cup following their Christy Ring Cup triumph last July.

It means the Leinster hurling championship now comprises nine counties, and the McCarthy Cup consists of 14 counties. The format for the 2011 Leinster hurling championship was announced yesterday with four counties (Laois, Carlow, Antrim and Westmeath) going into an open draw and will contest a preliminary round.

The two winners join four more counties in three quarter-finals (Galway, Dublin, Offaly and Wexford), also made on an open draw. The three winners from there join Kilkenny in the semi-finals, those pairings also made on an open draw. Kilkenny, as Leinster champions, get a bye into the semi-final.

Westmeath's involvement in the Liam McCarthy Cup will also necessitate an additional game in the All-Ireland hurling qualifiers, with the preliminary round now comprising the five Leinster teams that fail to make their provincial semi-final, and the loser of the Munster preliminary game/quarter-final.

In football, the 2011 Leinster championship has the four 2010 semi-finalists seeded (Meath, Dublin, Westmeath and Louth) who thus get byes into the quarter-finals.

[Bogball XV]

There is only one slight change to the existing schedule which sees the Leinster hurling championship expanded by one county to include Westmeath, who have been guaranteed three years in the Liam McCarthy Cup following their Christy Ring Cup triumph last July.

Is that for all christy winners or only for Westmeath?

[demusicman]

Ah Meath cannot draw Louth in the first round.

[ziggysego]

Tyrone will get Derry. Wait to you see. Harte vs Brennan. New school vs Old School.

[Croí na hÉireann]

There is only one slight change to the existing schedule which sees the Leinster hurling championship expanded by one county to include Westmeath, who have been guaranteed three years in the Liam McCarthy Cup following their Christy Ring Cup triumph last July.

Is that for all christy winners or only for Westmeath?

All teams currently participating in the Liam McCarthy are guaranteed to remain there for the next few years on the back of the guarantee given to Antrim a couple of years ago, I'm not certain it's three years though, I thought Antrim were given a three year guarantee (maybe it was four?) when they came up?

[Bogball XV]

Are all Christie winners now guaranteed promotion to the liam?

[Croí na hÉireann]

Are all Christie winners now guaranteed promotion to the liam?

As I understand it, yes.

[Maguire01]

I'm expecting Monaghan to draw Down. In Newry.

[Rossfan]

NY v Ros and I think the rhubarbs go to Ruislip.
One of Sligo/Laythrum/Herrins get a bye to semis.
A win in NY and a nice trip to Carrick and then one of the "Big 3"  in the Hyde in the Final would set us up nicely for a run in the Qualifiers.

[armaghniac]

I'm expecting Monaghan to draw Down. In Newry.

Hopefully this will be the preliminary round, with the winners playing Tyrone.

[snoopdog]

I'm expecting Monaghan to draw Down. In Newry.

Hopefully this will be the preliminary round, with the winners playing Tyrone.

when will the ulster council ever cop on to put the 2 worst performers in the ulster championship into the preliminary the next year.

[ExiledGael]

You Down boys are some craic. If that was the case you would have been in the prelim this season.
Now you decide to pipe up.

[snoopdog]

You Down boys are some craic. If that was the case you would have been in the prelim this season.
Now you decide to pipe up.

Indeed but that would be the price you pay for being poor. we would have deserved to be in the prelim this year after that awful performance in Enniskillen last year.
Why is there seeding in Leinster but nowhere else?

[Maguire01]

There should be rotation of the preliminary round in Ulster as a minimum.

[Maguire01]

I'm expecting Monaghan to draw Down. In Newry.

Hopefully this will be the preliminary round, with the winners playing Tyrone.

So just to get this list going, Armagh are afraid to meet Down, Monaghan and Tyrone for starters...