Leinster Council to seek change in their football championship structure

Moves afoot to create a round robin system for 2015

The Leinster Council will seek a change in their football championship structure at next year’s GAA’s annual Congress.

Citing the continued weakness of the province – besides Dublin – in the All-Ireland series, moves are afoot to create a round robin system for 2015. Since Meath lost to Galway in the 2001 decider, no Leinster county, again, besides Dublin, has contested an All-Ireland final.

The initial proposal is for Leinster to be divided into two groups which would guarantee more than one match for every county.

Dublin manager Jim Gavin already supports the idea: “My take on the championship format is there has to be more games. That’s the bottom line. It’s unacceptable that teams might only play two games considering the preparation that goes into it so we all acknowledge a new format is needed. Change is constant, we see it in society and in our own sport we need to move ahead and change as well.”

Gavin Cummiskey

Gavin Cummiskey

Gavin Cummiskey is The Irish Times' Soccer Correspondent