Any county that thinks they can coast to Super 8s will sink without a trace

It’s not just the Munster hurling championship that’s making a big break from tradition this weekend.

In Ulster they’ve finally said yes to something new — a whopping two football matches over the one weekend.

All our lives we’ve been reared on the thing being dragged out for as long as possible — just the one standalone game every weekend (barring replays), seven games over seven weeks before a fortnight’s break for the final.