Provincial councils to hold separate championship draws
It has forced RTE to drop plans to televise the national draws on Friday night and it hasn't gone down well with Munster, Leinster and Connacht officers. While the Munster Council is looking at the possibility of making their draws on Thursday night, it looks like Ulster will be first because theirs will be done 'live' at lunchtime on Friday on BBC television.
It represents a significant break with tradition and denies the other three provinces the type of publicity which RTE's live coverage afforded them. Ulster chairman Micheal Greenan explained that having their draw on BBC (who have the rights) allowed more people to see them because 'RTE don't cover all of the province.'
