Repetition, repetition and more repetition: Why the GAA are ditching the 'Super 16' format

There are some extremely good reasons why the GAA have decided to ditch it in favour of an enhanced qualifier system next season.

WE MEET AGAIN: Darren McCurry of Tyrone in action against Odhran McFadden Ferry of Donegal. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

For a man who bemoaned the imminent departure of the “Super 16” before the Ulster final, Kieran McGeeney didn’t sound completely chuffed with it after yet another agonising defeat.

“We've been in the group of death for the past two years, so what's a third one?” he mentioned of Armagh’s fate meeting Derry, Dublin and Galway after losing to Donegal last Sunday week.