Michael Verney

But there's two things about the provincial finals.

I just feel that the winners of a provincial title should be rewarded more than the losers.

But at the moment, the six, the eight teams in the provincial final are going to get home advantage for.

And that is it.

That's number one.

The second thing I see a problem with is that the provincial finalists are at a disadvantage because the losers, the team coming in from the losing round, have extra weeks to prepare and focus on their opposition.

So you take Jim McGuinness.

Jim McGuinness must be laughing all the way to the whatever because he's had three weeks exclusively to focus in on a game plan to beat Kerry.

It'll be tomorrow night.

It'll be Wednesday night when Jack will get around to thinking about Donegal.

So, look, the provincial champs was absolutely brilliant.

And you're right.

And just finally, that comic final, the best match of the year today.

Really brilliant.

You have to admire Russ Common because I was just looking at the stats.

I mean, they're a county who most definitely punch above their weight.

They have a population of just over 70,000.

There's only six counties with a smaller population in Ireland.

That's remarkable in itself.

And they're just after putting three provincial titles together, under 17, under 20 and senior.