Catherine Neary says camogie open draw format works well

It’s the time of year again when the All-Ireland qualifiers creep upon us and, with them, the perennial spike in the criticisms of the footballing and hurling competition structures and a myriad of suggestions as to how they could be improved.

Among them this past number of years has been the idea that perhaps the provincial championships could be run off as stand alone competitions between the league and All-Ireland series.

As is the case with most ideas, that has met with a mixed response.