FRC Part 2. The 8 team provinces?

[thejuice]

Hardly random though is it?

[BennyHarp]

Hardly random though is it?

Taking your groups as an example...... So how did you choose between Donegal, Cavan or Fermanagh joining Connaght? How do you decide that Offaly goes to Connaght and not Munster? Why does Wexford go to Munster? My point was tongue in cheek but if we are going to go to a 4 group system we should just have the balls to restructure the whole thing and not try to artificially shift counties into another province just for the sake of it.

[Rossfan]

Who's going to make Wexford go into "Munster" or Longford/Donegal or whoever into "Connaght(sic)" ?
The whole thing is just too daft for words.

[BennyHarp]

Who's going to make Wexford go into "Munster" or Longford/Donegal or whoever into "Connaght(sic)" ?
The whole thing is just too daft for words.

I was replying to Juice's comment. My point is that it's daft

[Farrandeelin]

I've been in favour of this for a long time. It will be a boost to the provincial championships. More competitiveness as well as potentially giving teams a better chance of winning silverware.

My restructuring would be like this:

LEINSTER:
Meath
Dublin
Louth
Kildare
Westmeath
Wicklow
Carlow
London

CONNAGHT:
Mayo
Roscommon
Galway
Leitrim
Sligo
Donegal
Longford
Offaly
MUNSTER:
Kerry
Cork
Clare
Limerick
Tipperary
Waterford
Wexford
Laois
ULSTER:
Armagh
Cavan
Monaghan
Tyrone
Down
Antrim
Derry
Fermanagh

Fixed a few geographical errors for you there.

As well as lumping Donegal into the mid-Atlantic... I thought you wanted that done for us!

[rosnarun]

Who's going to make Wexford go into "Munster" or Longford/Donegal or whoever into "Connaght(sic)" ?
The whole thing is just too daft for words.

I was replying to Juice's comment. My point is that it's daft

surely just different not Daft .
If you want to back to the orignal Provinces would the Meaths have a province to themselves and was Dalriada A kingdom or a province should they be included too.
Or do we imagine that things now are how God ordained them to be 
the type of think that has left our orange brethern wearing bowler hats and sashes. From the 1900's

[BennyHarp]

Who's going to make Wexford go into "Munster" or Longford/Donegal or whoever into "Connaght(sic)" ?
The whole thing is just too daft for words.

I was replying to Juice's comment. My point is that it's daft

surely just different not Daft .
If you want to back to the orignal Provinces would the Meaths have a province to themselves and was Dalriada A kingdom or a province should they be included too.
Or do we imagine that things now are how God ordained them to be 
the type of think that has left our orange brethern wearing bowler hats and sashes. From the 1900's

I didn't say I wanted the original provinces - I said restructure the whole thing. The daft bit is trying to shoe horn one county instead of another into different provincial championship.

[Stall the Bailer]

How about 2 groups Northwest & Southeast
Northwest (Connaght & Ulster)
Mayo
Roscommon
Galway
Leitrim
Sligo
London
Armagh
Cavan
Monaghan
Tyrone
Down
Antrim
Derry
Fermanagh
Donegal
New York

Southeast (Leinster & Munster)
Longford
Offaly
Meath
Dublin
Louth
Kildare
Westmeath
Wicklow
Carlow
Wexford
Laois
Kerry
Cork
Clare
Limerick
Tipperary
Waterford

[BennyHarp]

How about 2 groups of 16?

What would you call the groups? Leinster and Ulster?

[Stall the Bailer]

How about 2 groups of 16?

What would you call the groups? Leinster and Ulster?

I updated it. Northwest 16, Southeast 17

Knockout competition where losers enter the All Ireland back door.
2 group winners enter at All Ireland Semi Final stage.

[Rossfan]

Who's going to make Wexford go into "Munster" or Longford/Donegal or whoever into "Connaght(sic)" ?
The whole thing is just too daft for words.

I was replying to Juice's comment. My point is that it's daft

And I was agreeing with you 

[thejuice]

f**k sake.

Thought the rubicon(or the Shannon) had been crossed with Galway playing in and winning the Leinster hurling championship.

In that case I call upon the divine right as given by the ancient gods to son of the royal kings of Tara that the changes I propose are binding and forever shall remain.

Done.

[Farrandeelin]

It's Connacht (or Anglicised version if you may Connaught, but nowhere in history, and yes I studied the goddamn thing until the LC have I seen it Connaght)

[BennyHarp]

f**k sake.

Thought the rubicon(or the Shannon) had been crossed with Galway playing in and winning the Leinster hurling championship.

In that case I call upon the divine right as given by the ancient gods to son of the royal kings of Tara that the changes I propose are binding and forever shall remain.

Done.

So its random then?

[thejuice]

Not at all. The boundaries of the provinces were probably drawn up in a similar fashion by some regal person and through war. I was just continuing on that basis since that is the only one you seem to recognise.

With you it seems, it's either that or tear the whole thing up.