Burns wants to see end of prelim QFs

GAA President Jarlath Burns is pushing for the removal of the All-Ireland hurling preliminary quarterfinals.

- BY PAT NOLAN

It's a stage of the Championship where the Joe McDonagh Cup finalists are paired off against the third-placed teams in the Munster and Leinster Championship on a rotating basis, with opinions divided on the value of it.

When the round robin provincial structure was adopted at Special Congress in 2017 for the 2018 season, the preliminary quarterfinals were introduced as a result of an amendment to the motion which saw the newly-created McDonagh Cup come into play.