It’s possibly a sign of the times that the pick of the weekend’s games is not the meeting of the traditional aristocrats in Killarney (though make sure to watch live on RTÉ2) but the repeat of last summer’s Ulster final in Ballybofey.
Kieran McGeeney and Jim McGuinness have a long history with one another, stretching back to their playing days. In the managerial arena, it all goes back to the Donegal-Kildare 2011 quarter-final, aka the Kevin Cassidy game.
Last year’s rollercoaster match in Clones – which on its own didn’t suggest any major need for rule changes – ended the way other games had gone. With McGuinness getting one over his old foe and a dejected Geezer slouching down the tunnel after…