John Fogarty: No more Championship draws if GAA does the right thing

The Rugby World Cup draw, which is staged almost three years out from the competition, takes some beating but the GAA sure know how to stifle their own fanfare

The hurling draws attracted more interest and with a qualifier system in place it is a much fairer competition. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Most would agree last week’s Championship draws had all the anticipation of the classified football results being read out.

In pools terms, Cavan and Tipperary’s provincial successes last year were the equivalent of 1-1 draws but what are the chances of two similarly surprising results happening again this summer? Putting on our best Len Martin voice, nil.