Leinster Senior, u20 & Minor Football Championship 2019

[Blowitupref]

Dublin to receive Leinster SFC bye next year


Leinster Council delegates are expected to vote in favour of giving Dublin a bye into the semi-finals of next year's Leinster SFC when they meet next Wednesday night.

The Irish Independent is reporting that the five-in-a-row chasing All-Ireland champions are set to play one game less in 2020 as their vice-like grip on the Delaney Cup shows no sign of slipping. Dublin have won 14 of the last 15 Leinster SFC titles and their dominance is on par with that which the Kilkenny hurlers enjoyed a decade ago when they also received a bye straight in the provincial semi-finals.

While Jim Gavin's men would enter the provincial race at the last-four stage, it's proposed that Carlow, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow, Longford and Louth would play in preliminary quarter-finals where they would be joined by one of this year's semi-finalists - Kildare, Meath and Laois - with two of those starting their campaigns at the quarter-final stage.

[macdanger2]

Championship draw this morning for some reason and "The draws for the Munster and Connacht championships take place tomorrow morning, while it's Ulster turn on Thursday". This is a new (and completely pointless) departure, there's barely enough talking points in the entire draw without dragging it out like this.

Leinster first round draw:

Louth v Longford

The winner will play Laois in a quarter-final

Wexford v Wickow

The winner is set to play Meath in a quarter-final

Carlow v Offaly

The winner will play Kildare in a quarter-final

Quarter-final:

Westmeath v Dublin

[Owenmoresider]

Championship draw this morning for some reason and "The draws for the Munster and Connacht championships take place tomorrow morning, while it's Ulster turn on Thursday". This is a new (and completely pointless) departure, there's barely enough talking points in the entire draw without dragging it out like this.

It's such utter bollix, a blatant ruse to try and boost Morning Ireland listenership figures in the assumption that we'll all be listening in to hear these draws, as they had already done with the qualifier draws the last few years.

And seemingly it's just the quarter-final draws being done? So basically one team in Connacht, either us, Leitrim or Mayo, won't have any clue as to who they're playing next year or when. Not as if any counties have to arrange their fixture schedule for their clubs or anything, not that Croke Park would care about things like that.

[Cunny Funt]

Championship draw this morning for some reason and "The draws for the Munster and Connacht championships take place tomorrow morning, while it's Ulster turn on Thursday". This is a new (and completely pointless) departure, there's barely enough talking points in the entire draw without dragging it out like this.

Leinster first round draw:

Louth v Longford

The winner will play Laois in a quarter-final

Wexford v Wickow

The winner is set to play Meath in a quarter-final

Carlow v Offaly

The winner will play Kildare in a quarter-final

Quarter-final:

Westmeath v Dublin

Same for the other draws with no semi finals known till later?

[Farrandeelin]

Was there any excitement in the presenters voices when doing the draw?

[Rossfan]

Seeing as 2 of the Connacht QFs are already decided they'll hardly just do the one other pairing??

[TheGreatest]

Championship draw this morning for some reason and "The draws for the Munster and Connacht championships take place tomorrow morning, while it's Ulster turn on Thursday". This is a new (and completely pointless) departure, there's barely enough talking points in the entire draw without dragging it out like this.

Leinster first round draw:

Louth v Longford

The winner will play Laois in a quarter-final

Wexford v Wickow

The winner is set to play Meath in a quarter-final

Carlow v Offaly

The winner will play Kildare in a quarter-final

Quarter-final:

Westmeath v Dublin

Good draw. Looking like Dublin Kildare semi and if Dublin progress* Dublin v Meath Final, two Div 1 teams contesting. Looking forward to it

[Dinny Breen]

Championship draw this morning for some reason and "The draws for the Munster and Connacht championships take place tomorrow morning, while it's Ulster turn on Thursday". This is a new (and completely pointless) departure, there's barely enough talking points in the entire draw without dragging it out like this.

Leinster first round draw:

Louth v Longford

The winner will play Laois in a quarter-final

Wexford v Wickow

The winner is set to play Meath in a quarter-final

Carlow v Offaly

The winner will play Kildare in a quarter-final

Quarter-final:

Westmeath v Dublin

Good draw. Looking like Dublin Kildare semi and if Dublin progress* Dublin v Meath Final, two Div 1 teams contesting. Looking forward to it

It's an open draw for the semi-finals.

[TheGreatest]

Championship draw this morning for some reason and "The draws for the Munster and Connacht championships take place tomorrow morning, while it's Ulster turn on Thursday". This is a new (and completely pointless) departure, there's barely enough talking points in the entire draw without dragging it out like this.

Leinster first round draw:

Louth v Longford

The winner will play Laois in a quarter-final

Wexford v Wickow

The winner is set to play Meath in a quarter-final

Carlow v Offaly

The winner will play Kildare in a quarter-final

Quarter-final:

Westmeath v Dublin

Good draw. Looking like Dublin Kildare semi and if Dublin progress* Dublin v Meath Final, two Div 1 teams contesting. Looking forward to it

It's an open draw for the semi-finals.

Didnt know that. cheers.

[Hound]

Westmeath v Dublin

Presumably there's no reason this can't take place in Mullingar?
Although Leinster Council will probably come up with some reason to move it!
(Hopefully Westmeath fight any talk of moving it elsewhere, if it does come to that).

[BennyCake]

Was there any excitement in the presenters voices when doing the draw?

Nope. This fella was at the mike.